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St James Park Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

3/26/0929/NMAPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Non material amendment to planning application 3/24/2089/VAR (Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) pursuant to planning application 3/21/1749/VAR dated 27/10/21 as varied by ref: 3/22/0658/NMA, 3/22/1512/NMA, 3/23/1791/NMA. (For: Hybrid Planning application comprising: (i) A full application for 142 dwellings (class C3) including affordable homes, plus associated accesses, landscaping, open space and infrastructure works (development zone A) , and a north/south primary route; and (ii) An outline application, with all matters reserved except access, for approximately 608 (Class C3) including affordable homes, a care home (Class C2) , up to 4 hectares of employment land (classes B1, B2, B8 sui Generis (car showroom)), a local centre including up to 1,000 sq m for retail (Class Ea) (Shops) and up to 2,200 sq m for other uses within Classes Eb), Ec), Ee) and Ef) (Commercial and Business Uses), Class F1 (Learning and non-residential institutions), Class F2 a) and b) (Local Community Uses) and Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis)), a primary school (Class D1) up to 3 forms of entry and including early years facilities, a secondary school (Class D1) up to 8 forms of entry, open space including equipped areas for play, sustainable drainage systems, landscaping and all associated infrastructure and development) to allow for update to General Arrangement Plan to note final detail of access arrangement to Local Centre

Received
7 July 2026
Decided
11 September 2026 · Grant Plan Permission w Conds
Public comments
0 · last counted 15 October 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 66 days

This is a planning application at St James Park Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,257 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 66 days, 9 days longer than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Bishop's Stortford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Application Details

Reference
3/26/0929/NMA
Address
St James Park Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire
Local Authority
East Hertfordshire
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
1 July 2026
Date Decided
11 September 2026
Date Validated
7 July 2026
Date Submitted
7 July 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Grant Plan Permission w Conds

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
6
Coordinates
51.867626, 0.163196
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Hertfordshire

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bishop's StortfordPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: The Goods Yard, Station Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3BLRegister site at or near this address

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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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 2026-10-09. 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.

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