5 Northgate End Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2ET
Proposal
Use of premises for both use class E (current use) use class F1-a (education centre), new signage, a/c units, and fenestration alterations
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decided
- 4 March 2026 · Refuse
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford North
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided4 Mar
Decided in 79 days (council typically 63)
This is a full planning application for signage at 5 Northgate End Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2ET. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,265 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Bishop's Stortford North. We hold 3,067 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 20252 Dec
Use of premises for both use class E (current use) use class F1-a (education centre), new signage, a/c units…
This applicationRefusedFull3/25/1884/FUL - 20252 Dec
Fascia sign and projecting sign to front elevation
ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside3/25/1885/ADV
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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.
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