Policy information sourced from the East Herts District Plan
BISH11 Employment in Bishop’s Stortford
In accordance with Policy ED1 (Employment), the following locations are designated as Employment Areas:
- Raynham Road/Dunmow Road Industrial Estate (incorporating Stortford Hall Industrial Estate, The Links Business Centre, Raynham Road/Myson Way, Raynham Road West, and Raynham Road East between The Links Business Centre and Raynham Close);
- Haslemere Estate;
- Twyford Road;
- Stansted Road (incorporating Goodliffe Park, Stort Valley Industrial Estate, and Birchanger Industrial Estate);
- Woodside;
- Millside Industrial Estate;
- Southmill Trading Estate.
New Employment Areas will be identified in the following locations:
- Bishop’s Stortford North, as set out in Policy BISH3;
- Bishop’s Stortford South, as set out in Policy BISH5.
New employment opportunities will come forward through mixed-use development at the following locations:
- The Goods Yard, as set out in Policy BISH7; and
- Old River Lane, as set out in Policy BISH8.
The Mill Site in Bishop’s Stortford will remain as a designated Employment Area until such time that the land is presented as being available for redevelopment. The site will then be subject to the provisions of Policy BISH10 and should be brought forward for redevelopment as part of a comprehensive masterplan.