Local Centre Open Space Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

1. 6 Apr 2023

   Received by East Hertfordshire

2. 13 Apr 2023

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 30 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 8 June 2023, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   East Hertfordshire took a median of 77 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• Application: 3/21/1749/VAR (Decided)

This application is with East Hertfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Hertfordshire's median decision took 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

  3/21/0916/REM Submitted 8 Apr 2021 50 yards away

  Application for Reserved matters of planning planning permission 3/18/2253/OUT for care home land parcel. Location of care home land approved under phasing plan approved pursuant to condition 41.

  Granted Reserved matters 50 docs

• Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

  3/21/1493/REM Submitted 3 Jun 2021 50 yards away

  Application for reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission 3/18/2253/OUT (for layout, scale, appearance and landscaping), for E(g)(iii), B2 and B8 uses including servicing, landscaping, means of enclosure and associated works and infrastructure.

  Withdrawn Reserved matters 547 docs

• (BISH5) Parcel D Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford

  X/22/0491/CND Submitted 15 Nov 2022 150 yards away

  Discharge conditions 1 (roads and footways) and 12 (bat and bird box plan) attached to 3/22/0510/REM.

  Granted Conditions 13 docs

• 1 - 3 Thorley Fields Business Park Wood Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4TR

  3/26/1250/FUL Submitted 7 Sep 2026 250 yards away

  80% historically approved · decision due ~26 Nov

  Installation of a solar car port in an existing car park

  Awaiting decision Full applications

• Periphery Parkland West Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

  3/23/1047/REM Submitted 31 May 2023 250 yards away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~1 Aug

  Reserved Matters Application for the approval of appearance, landscaping layout and scale in relation to hybrid planning permission 3/21/1749/VAR (originally 3/18/2253/OUT) - Periphery Parkland West (Revised)

  Awaiting decision Reserved matters 88 docs

• Parcel G1 (A), (B) And (D) Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

  3/22/1704/REM Submitted 10 Aug 2022 300 yards away

  Approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) for Parcel G1 (a), (b) and (d) of planning permission 3/21/1749/VAR comprising 124 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated works.

  Granted Reserved matters 196 docs

• 3/26/0642/REM Awaiting decision

  Former Weblight Building Netherfield Lane Stanstead Abbotts Hertfordshire

  Approval of Reserved Matters (comprising layout, landscaping, scale and appearance) for redevelopment of vacant employment site with a mixed use development comprised of B1 (business) floorspace and 20 dwellings pursuant to 3/20/0502/OUT

  Received 7 May, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Reserved matters
• 3/24/1142/REM Granted

  Parcels R And T1 Land At Bishop's Stortford North Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

  Reserved matters application relating to the Layout, Scale, Appearance and Landscaping for approval of 161 dwellings with associated infrastructure within parcels R and T1 - in relation to a variation of outline planning permission 3/22/0214/VAR (Originally 3/13/0804/OP).

  Received 18 Jun, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Reserved matters
• 3/23/2317/REM Granted

  Parcel P, Q, W - Eastern Neighbourhood Land At Bishops Stortford North Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

  Reserved Matters (relating to scale, appearance, layout and landscaping) for 114 dwellings and associated ancillary works pursuant to planning permission ref: 3/13/0804/OP- Erection of up to 2,200 dwellings inclusive of affordable housing; green infrastructure, amenity and formal and informal recreation space; landscaping; development of 2 mixed use local centres on 4.1 hectares of land providing up to 21,000 sq.m. (gross) commercial floorspace (Use Class B1 a, b and c) inclusive of (if required) a maximum of 3,000 sq.m. (gross) for healthcare facilities (Use Class D1), together with retail floorspace (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5) up to a maximum of 1,200 sq.m. (gross), residential development (use Class C3) and the potential for other community/cultural/leisure (Use Class D1 and D2) if required (floorspace to be agreed); the potential for an additional 0.5 hectares of land for up to 4,000 sq.m. (gross) commercial floorspace (Use Class B1 a, b and c) if required or for residential purposes (Use Class C3) if not; a primary school and associated facilities on 1.25 hectares of land; a further primary school on 2 hectares of land with the potential to extend by 1.08 hectares if required or for the expansion land to be used for residential purposes if not; 4 new junctions (A120, Hadham Road, Rye Street and Farnham Road); estate roads and public transport route; footpaths/cycleways; site profiling/earthworks; a noise bund with barrier; a sustainable drainage system; utilities services, including foul water pumping stations; 2 residential garden extensions and the demolition of 221 Rye Street and 164 and 166 Hadham Road. (All matters reserved with the exception of full details of the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the residential element of Phase 1 and Access for Phases 1 and 2)

  Received 4 Dec, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Reserved matters
• 3/24/0735/REM Granted

  Parcels B & C Bishops Stortford North Bishops Stortford CM23 1JL

  Reserved matters application relating to the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of 160 dwellings and associated works in relation to Sites B & C of the Eastern Neighbourhood following approval of 3/22/0214/VAR (formerly outline planning permission 3/13/0804/OP)

  Received 15 Apr, published by the council 19 Aug 2026 Reserved matters
• 3/20/0129/REM Granted

  (Parcels N And O) Land At Bishops Stortford North Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire

  Application for reserved matters for Appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 67 dwellings which includes affordable housing for parcels N and O.

  Received 22 Jan, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Reserved matters