5 Wainwright Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4GJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights on front elevation Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 14 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Aug 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 11
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 4
Last sold for £482,500 in November 2018. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- East Hertfordshire
- Application type
- CL Proposed Operations
- Postcode
- CM23 4GJ
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 5 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor
- Parish
- Bishops Stortford Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Sept 2026
- Decision
- CL Proposed Grant
- Decision date
- 14 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- The Loft Converter
How this decision compares
Decided in 9 days from validation, 47 days faster than East Hertfordshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by East Hertfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Hertfordshire decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 24 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15050659
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15050659
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
East Hertfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #93 out of 296. East Hertfordshire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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