48 Manston Drive Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5EN
Approved on 11 February 2026
Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Two storey side extension, single storey front extension and single storey rear extension with bi-fold doors and 2no. roof lights
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford Parsonage
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation15 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Feb
- DecidedDecided11 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 48 Manston Drive Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5EN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 8 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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Application details
- Postcode
- CM23 5EN
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishops Stortford Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 15 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 47 Haymeads Lane Bishop's Stortford CM23 5JJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Nick Reed
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14532472
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
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.
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Source: East Hertfordshire
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