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1 School House, Bishops Stortford College Maze Green Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2PQ

3/25/1021/FULApproved

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds10 conditions

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

Proposal

(Part retrospective)Redevelopment of the compound area at Bishops Stortford College, including demolition of existing structures, construction of new workshop, associated mechanical and electrical works, drainage, and site access improvements

Received
16 June 2025
Ward
Bishop's Stortford North
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 332 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 1 School House, Bishops Stortford College Maze Green Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2PQ. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 332 days, 38 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Bishop's Stortford North. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM23 2PQ
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Nick Reed

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
  • 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, 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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