Avanti Meadows Primary School Farnham Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 1FQ
Approved on 5 February 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Req/Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Prior approval application (Part 14, Class J) for installation of roof mounted solar PV panels
- Received
- 30 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford North
- ReceivedReceived30 Dec
- ValidatedValidated30 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 37 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Avanti Meadows Primary School Farnham Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 1FQ. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 4 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Bishop's Stortford North. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 postcode area.
79% of outline 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 1FQ
- Application type
- Prior Notification PV (Non-domestic)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishops Stortford Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Nick Reed
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14593579
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of 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 (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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202318 Dec
A County Council application - to be determined by HCC - s73 Application to remove condition 7 of planning…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)3/23/2436/CPO - 202126 Jul
A County Council application - to be determined by HCC - Construction of a new building to provide a 3 form…
ApprovedConsultation with County Planning3/21/1985/CPO
Source: East Hertfordshire
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