Land At Old River Lane The Causeway East Hertfordshire CM23 2EN
Proposal
Full planning application for mixed-use development comprising up to 171 no. residential units (including 48 no. affordable units) (use class C3), community use (use class E / F2), retail and commercial (use class E) and Public Square (sui generis), the creation of new and improvements to existing streets, footpaths and cycle lanes, and associated works (including car and cycle parking, landscaping, drainage works)
- Received
- 15 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
- Public comments
- 38 · last counted 7 October 2026
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford North
- ReceivedReceived15 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation19 Mar
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided
This is a full planning application at Land At Old River Lane The Causeway East Hertfordshire CM23 2EN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. It was submitted on 15 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Bishop's Stortford North. We hold 3,090 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
Source: East Hertfordshire
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford
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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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Before the decision
You may need a flood risk assessment. Drainage & flood risk consultants near this site
The site is in flood zone 3 (Environment Agency).
- 1.0 miBishop's Stortford
- 15.6 miBraintreeRTPI
- 22.4 miHarpendenRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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