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49 Prestwick Drive Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5ER

3/26/0214/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Part single part two storey side and rear extension with roof lights. Conversion of the garage to habitable space, front porch, alterations to the fenestration

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishop's Stortford Parsonage
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 59 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 49 Prestwick Drive Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5ER. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Bishop's Stortford Parsonage. 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 5ER
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
47 Haymeads Lane Bishops Stortford CM23 5JJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14694275
Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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