The hybrid planning application for Bishop’s Stortford South was approved by East Herts District Council’s Planning Committee on 20th March this year, subject to agreeing the S106 and planning conditions.

Once the planning permission is issued later this year, Countryside has further submissions to make to the Council on various ‘pre-start’ planning conditions.

In the meantime some pre-agreed surveys and investigatory work, including archaeological investigations, is taking place on site in preparation for anticipated implementation of the planning permission in Spring 2020’. In addition Hertfordshire County Council is carrying out archaeological works on site ahead of construction of the schools, the secondary school being the subject of a separate County Council planning application