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42 Thornbera Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3NL

3/26/0438/CLEOCL Existing OperationsRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 22 May 2026

Council decision: CL Existing Refuse

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for retention of existing two storey side and single storey rear extensions

Received
30 March 2026
Ward
Bishop's Stortford South
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 42 Thornbera Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3NL. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 10 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 3NL
Application type
CL Existing Operations
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 April 2026
Target decision date
25 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Ted Mead
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14816719
Comments
0
Documents
7
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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