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40 The Hedgerows Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5FD

3/25/0758/CLPOCL Proposed OperationsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 June 2025

Council decision: CL Proposed GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed double hip to gable loft conversion to existing detached dwelling with front and rear facing rooflights

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishop's Stortford All Saints
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 40 The Hedgerows Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5FD. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bishop's Stortford All Saints. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 5FD
Application type
CL Proposed Operations
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2025
Last date for comments
7 May 2025
Target decision date
23 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Harlow Enterprise Hub Harlow CM20 2NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13976693
Comments
0
Documents
8

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    28 Apr

    Proposed double hip to gable loft conversion to existing detached dwelling with front and rear facing…

    This applicationApprovedOutline3/25/0758/CLPO
  2. 2025
    28 Apr

    Proposed double hip to gable loft conversion with 2no. rear facing dormers. Insertion of front facing…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside3/25/0759/HH

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