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1 Rectory Close Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BG

3/26/0572/OUTApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds

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

Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access for the erection of a dwelling with associated car parking

Received
23 April 2026
Ward
Bishop's Stortford South
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 85 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 1 Rectory Close Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BG. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer 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.

Application details

Postcode
CM23 4BG
Parish
Thorley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
LUKEN BECK CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Clark

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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