Caretakers Flat St Augustine Court Wharf Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3GE
Approved on 27 May 2026
Council decision: CL Existing GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for retention of caretaker's flat as independent dwelling
- Received
- 15 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford Central
- ReceivedReceived15 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation7 Jan
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 163 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Caretakers Flat St Augustine Court Wharf Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3GE. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 14 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Bishop's Stortford Central. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
69% of amendment 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 3GE
- Application type
- CL Existing Operations
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishops Stortford Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 7 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Great Bansons Bansons Lane Ongar CM5 9AR
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Nick Reed
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Bishop's StortfordNext to the site
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.
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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20189 Feb
Use of the Caretakers Flat as a single dwelling.
RefusedCertificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev3/18/0293/CLE - 200619 May
Erection of 20 No. flats and 3 No. houses with car parking
ApprovedFull Application3/06/0972/FP - 200514 Mar
Demolition of existing car showroom and erection of 20 No. flats and 3 No. houses with car parking
RefusedFull Application3/05/0495/FP - 20041 Nov
Demolish existing car showroom & erection of 3No. houses & 21No. flats with car parking.
RefusedFull Application3/04/2204/FP - 20049 Jul
Demolition of existng car showroom & erection of 3no. houses, 21no. flats with on site parking.
WithdrawnFull Application3/04/1434/FP
Source: East Hertfordshire
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