The Former Bishops Stortford High School London Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3LU

3/26/0082/NMAApp for Non-Material AmendmentsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Grant NMA w CondsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Non Material Amendment to allow substitution of house type on Plots 42, 59, 60, 108, 112 & 123. House types BSHS10 & BSHS2 of 3/25/0913/REM (Reserved Matters application pursuant to outline planning permission 3/20/0151/OUT for Appearance, Layout, Scale and Landscaping in relation to the erection of 208 dwellings and associated works including public open space, landscaping and attenuation features)

Received: 23 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Bishop's Stortford South

ReceivedReceived23 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation6 Feb
TargetTarget Date20 Feb
DecidedDecided20 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Former Bishops Stortford High School London Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3LU. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 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 69 applications across Bishop's Stortford South. 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 3LU
Application type: App for Non-Material Amendments
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 208
Parish: Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2026
Last date for comments: 6 February 2026
Target decision date: 20 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: One Forbury Square The Forbury Botley Reading RG1 3BB

Planning decision

Case officer: Scott Hackner
Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14637937
Comments: 0
Documents: 16
Constraints: 26

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Bishop's Stortford High School Site, London Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3LURegister site at or near this address
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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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