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20 Avenue Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5NU

3/25/1907/HHHouseholderRefused

Refused on 28 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Construction of part single and part two storey rear extension and two storey side extension following demolition of existing detached garage/utility room. Fenestration and external alterations

Received
8 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishop's Stortford All Saints
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Jan
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 20 Avenue Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5NU. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 12 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bishop's Stortford All Saints. 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 development, by reason of its design, size, scale, positioning and material usage would add a dominating and incongruous addition to the host property. The proposal would fail to achieve a high standard of design and would be out of keeping with the character and appearance of the application building and the local area, contrary to Policy DES4 and HOU11 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and Policy HDP2 of the Bishops Stortford Neighbourhood Plan for All Saints, Central, South and Part of Thorley.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CM23 5NU
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2025
Last date for comments
20 January 2026
Target decision date
2 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
37 Plaw Hatch Close Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5BL

Planning decision

Case officer
Ted Mead
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14545251
Documents
13
Constraints
27

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.

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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