Planning application
24 - 26 North Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LW
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of two units into one larger retail unit, upgrade of the electric and fire alarm system, installation of new A/C system and associated internal and external works including new illuminated signage letters (Part retrospective)
As published by the council, reference 3/26/1371/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 3/26/1371/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 24 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 27 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford North
- Parish
- Bishops Stortford Town Council
- Decision by
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- Postcode
- CM23 2LW
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Hertfordshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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3/26/1485/ADV Awaiting decision
24- 26 North Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LW
Advertisement consent for externally illuminated fascia lettering signage
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Sep 2026
Received by East Hertfordshire
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27 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 December 2026, 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- BIODIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE
- SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- LOCATION PLAN
- BLOCK PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Hertfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Hertfordshire decided full applications in a median of 127 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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24- 26 North Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2LW
85% historically approved · decision due ~23 Dec
Advertisement consent for externally illuminated fascia lettering signage
Awaiting decision Advertising -
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