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Oaklands Park 247 Stansted Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2BT

3/25/1783/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds15 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the existing sales building and alterations to the layout of the forecourt, erection of a new sales building, including side compound, provision of an electrical vehicle charging hub with associated infrastructure, replacement car wash, erection of electricity sub-station and associated works including air conditioning units, new fencing to rear and underground fuel tank vents

Received
14 November 2025
Public comments
10
Ward
Bishop's Stortford Parsonage
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 140 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Oaklands Park 247 Stansted Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2BT. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 166 days, 15 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications 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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Application details

Postcode
CM23 2BT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
19 January 2026
Last date for comments
10 March 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Build Studios 203 Westminster Bridge Road Lambeth London SE1 7FR

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14482666
Documents
39
Constraints
6

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

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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