Moor Hall Moor Hall Lane West Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BJ
Approved on 30 March 2026
Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Variation of Condition 3 (External materials) pursuant to planning permission (ref: 3/23/2139/LBC/Dated 28/02/2024) for (Conversion of stable to holiday let accommodation. Increase the pitch of the roof and raise the ridge height. Creation of first floor level accommodation. New rooflight windows, first floor side windows, ground floor door and window openings. External walls finished with black feather edge timber boarding. Insertion of flue. Removal of internal partition walls and doors, insert new staircase, partition walls and doors). The amendments include changes to the roof tile specification
- Received
- 9 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford South
- ReceivedReceived9 Feb
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation19 Mar
- TargetTarget Date6 Apr
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Moor Hall Moor Hall Lane West Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BJ. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.
91% of conditions 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 4BJ
- Application type
- Variation of condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thorley Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- SNELL- DAVID LIMITED
- Agent address
- Scutches Barn 17 High Street Whittlesford Cambridge CB22 4LT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Daniel Clark
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14685748
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: East Hertfordshire
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Hertfordshire
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