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21 Fulton Crescent Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5DA

3/25/1331/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 22 October 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of detached garage and the erection of a 2 bedroom, single storey dwelling. Creation of access and two dropped kerbs, parking arrangements, ramp, bin storage, boundary treatment and associated landscaping works.

Received
13 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Bishop's Stortford Parsonage
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target22 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 21 Fulton Crescent Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5DA. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Bishop's Stortford Parsonage. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of its size, scale, form, siting, design and layout would represent a cramped form of development which also represents overdevelopment of the site that would fail to be in keeping with the more spacious character of its immediate surrounding. Furthermore, the proposed development would not be of a high standard of design to reflect local distinctiveness to the detriment of the surrounding character and appearance. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policies DES4 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposal would result in harm to Hatfield Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve. The proposal is contrary to policy NE1 of the East Herts District Plan, Section 15 of the NPPF and Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CM23 5DA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2025
Last date for comments
25 September 2025
Target decision date
22 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
137 Patching Hall Lane Chelmsford CM1 4BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14251139
Documents
28
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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 2026-11-03. 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.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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