Policy information sourced from the East Herts District Plan
BISH1 Development in Bishop’s Stortford
Bishop’s Stortford will accommodate a minimum of 4,426 homes, which will include:
- around 2,529 homes at Bishop’s Stortford North, including 2,200 on ASRs 1 to 4 and 329 at ASR 5 as set out in Policy BISH3;
- around 247 homes at the Reserve Secondary School site at Hadham Road contingent on the provision of a secondary school site at Bishop’s Stortford North, as set out in Policy BISH4;
- around 750 homes at Bishop’s Stortford South as set out in Policy BISH5;
- around 150 homes at the Bishop’s Stortford High School site at London Road contingent on the relocation of the school to Bishop’s Stortford South as set out in Policy BISH6;
- around 600 homes at the Goods Yard as set out in Policy BISH7;
- around 100 homes at Old River Lane as set out in Policy BISH8;
- around 50 homes at land East of Manor Links as set out in Policy BISH9; and
- A proportion of the overall windfall allowance for the District.
New employment and retail floorspace will be delivered primarily within the town centre and the two strategic allocations of Bishop’s Stortford North and South:
- Through mixed-use development at the Old River Lane (Policy BISH7) and Goods Yard (Policy BISH8) sites;
- Through two mixed-use local centres at Bishop’s Stortford North (Policy BISH3) providing 4.1ha of land comprising 21,000m² of commercial floorspace (B1 a, b and c), up to 3,000m² for D1 uses and up to 1,200m² retail floorspace. Further provision of up to 4,000m² of commercial floorspace may also be delivered;
- By provision for up to 1,000m² retail floorspace and between 4 and 5 hectares of new employment land at Bishop’s Stortford South (Policy BISH 5).
In the longer term, land at the Mill Site may come forward for mixed-use development as set out in Policy BISH10.
For more information please see the District Plan