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Blocks A And B Bishops Stortford Goods Yard Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL

3/26/0684/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor space within Blocks A and B from former Use Classes A1-A4 / D1 to blanket Class E

Received
13 May 2026
Public comments
47
Ward
Bishop's Stortford All Saints
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 79 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Blocks A And B Bishops Stortford Goods Yard Station Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BL. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 6 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bishop's Stortford All Saints. 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 3BL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2026
Consultation expiry
6 August 2026
Last date for comments
6 August 2026
Target decision date
4 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Planning decision

Case officer
Nikki Dawney
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14857063
Documents
59
Constraints
22

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Bishop's Stortford

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, 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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