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20 Monkswood Drive Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4LH

3/26/0026/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing integral garage to habitable accommodation and alterations to fenestration.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 20 Monkswood Drive Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4LH. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 10 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor. 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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Application details

Postcode
CM23 4LH
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Last date for comments
23 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
1STOPARCHITECTURAL LTD
Agent address
Flat 2 Navigation House Riverside Bishop's Stortford Herts CM23 3AS

Planning decision

Case officer
Ted Mead
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615862
Documents
8
Constraints
4

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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