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17 Avenue Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5NT

3/26/0857/HHApproved

Approved on 28 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds

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

Proposal

rear extension, front extension, alterations to the bay windows, new garage extension to replace existing car port, detached garden room, detached cart lodge, swimming pool & changes to the external appearance of the existing dwelling

Received
16 June 2026
Ward
Bishop's Stortford All Saints
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 73 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at 17 Avenue Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5NT. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 10 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
CM23 5NT
Parish
Bishops Stortford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Howard Cheng

Additional information

Documents
19

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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