Bishops Stortford Goods Yard Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL
Proposal
Construction of a building comprising commercial floorspace (Use Class E) and hotel accommodation (Use Class C1), improvements to the Bishops Stortford transport interchange and associated landscaping.
- Received
- 10 September 2024
- Decided
- 20 November 2025 · Grant Plan Permission w Conds
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 20
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford All Saints
- ReceivedReceived10 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation13 Oct
- TargetTarget Date2 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 413 days (council typically 63)
This is a full planning application at Bishops Stortford Goods Yard Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 436 days, 54 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Bishop's Stortford All Saints. We hold 3,090 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202629 Apr
Discharge condition 11 (Archaeological works) attached to 3/24/1707/FUL
Condition partially dischargedDischarge of conditionsX/26/0200/CND - 202410 Sep
Construction of a building comprising commercial floorspace (Use Class E) and hotel accommodation (Use Class…
This applicationApprovedFull3/24/1707/FUL
Planning history at this site
11 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202427 Sep
Discharge of condition 56 (Bus infrastructure provision) attached to 3/17/2588/OUT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/24/0430/CND - 202430 Apr
Non-material amendment to: 3/17/2588/OUT
ApprovedNon-material amendment3/24/0835/NMA - 202425 Jan
Discharge of condition 12 (Contaminated land) of planning approval 3/17/2588/OUT
Condition partially dischargedDischarge of conditionsX/24/0040/CND - 202419 Jan
Discharge condition 33 (Delivery Service Plan) attached to 3/17/2588/OUT
Condition partially dischargedDischarge of conditionsX/24/0030/CND - 202311 Oct
Discharge of condition 12 (Contamination) attached to 3/17/2588/OUT
Condition partially dischargedDischarge of conditionsX/23/0404/CND - 202324 Aug
Discharge of Condition 56 (b) (Details of the timing of provision of Bus Infrastructure Provision) attached…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/23/0329/CND - 202313 Jan
A non-material amendment to 3/17/2588/OUT
ApprovedNon-material amendment3/23/0066/NMA - 202231 Oct
Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/17/2588/OUT
ApprovedNon-material amendment3/22/2304/NMA - 202222 Sep
Application to discharge condition 38 (Details of hard and soft landscaping, including play areas) of…
Condition partially dischargedDischarge of conditionsX/22/0404/CND - 202219 Jul
Bircherley Green Shopping Centre Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BN
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)3/22/1534/VAR - 20173 Nov
A hybrid planning application for the comprehensive redevelopment of the 5.82 ha Goods Yard site for mixed…
ApprovedOutline Application3/17/2588/OUT
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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For the applicant
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Conditions 12, 14, 15 and 32 on the decision ask for this.
Consultants on this application
- Mayer Brown Limited · Named in the conditions: Transport Statement/Assessment
- 0.9 miBishop's Stortford
- 15.5 miBraintreeRTPI
- 22.4 miHarpendenRTPI
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