The Former Bishops Stortford High School London Road Bishops Stortford CM23 3LU

3/25/0913/REMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved

Reserved matters

Approved on 11 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Approval of Details (Reserv Mats)Delegated (officer decision)14 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Reserved Matters application pursuant to outline planning permission 3/20/0151/OUT for Appearance, Layout, Scale and Landscaping in relation to the erection of 208 dwellings and associated works including public open space, landscaping and attenuation features.

Received: 27 May 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 225
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Bishop's Stortford South

ReceivedReceived27 May
ValidatedValidated23 Jun
Consult.Consultation5 Dec
TargetTarget Date22 Sep
DecidedDecided11 Dec

Decided in 171 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at The Former Bishops Stortford High School London Road Bishops Stortford CM23 3LU. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 19 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Bishop's Stortford South. 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 3LU
Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 208
Parish: Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 31 July 2025
Last date for comments: 5 December 2025
Target decision date: 22 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: One Forbury Square The Square Reading RG1 3BB

Planning decision

Case officer: Scott Hackner
Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 31 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13381064
Documents: 389
Constraints: 16

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Bishop's Stortford High School Site, London Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3LURegister site at or near this address
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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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