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The Heights Galloway Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2HS

3/24/1219/HHHouseholderRefused

Refused on 21 August 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey side and front extensions. Two storey rear extension. Alterations to fenestration and dormer window and erection of photovoltaic panels. New patio and associated landscaping.

Received
28 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Bishop's Stortford North
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at The Heights Galloway Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2HS. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.

80% of full applications at East Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM23 2HS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2024
Last date for comments
21 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Market Square Bishops Stortford CM23 3UT

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00080/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

3350565
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 February 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13186835
Documents
32
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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