CM23 3UP East Hertfordshire

Streets

• Market Square, Bishop's Stortford: 11 addresses

Council tax

What each band costs in East Hertfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (45% of about 750 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, Bishop's Stortford (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 24.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• BLACK LION INN, grade II*
• TISSIMANS, grade II*
• TISSIMANS, grade II*
• 1-3, HIGH STREET, grade II
• 14, WATER LANE, grade II
• 15, BRIDGE STREET, grade II
• 15, MARKET STREET, grade II
• 2-4, BRIDGE STREET, grade II
• 3-5, NORTH STREET, grade II
• 4, NORTH STREET, grade II
• 5, HIGH STREET, grade II
• 6, BRIDGE STREET, grade II
• 6, HIGH STREET, grade II
• 6, MARKET STREET, grade II
• ABBEYGATE TRAVEL, grade II
• BUDGENS, grade II
• GEORGE HOTEL, grade II
• HALIFAX BUILDING SOCIETY, grade II
• HANDSCOMBS LTD IRONMONGERS, grade II
• HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX OBSERVER OFFICES, JARVIS BENNETT, grade II
• KINGSWOOD, grade II
• PEARSONS, grade II
• THE STAR INN, grade II
• THE WINDMILL ANTIQUARY, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• Old River Lane, The Causeway, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2EN, not permissioned (160 m)
• First and Second Floors, 42 North Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2LR, permissioned (200 m)
• The Mill Site, Dane Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3XZ, not permissioned (370 m)
• 8 & 10 Rye Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2HG, permissioned (440 m)
• The Goods Yard, Station Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3BL: up to 600 homes, permissioned (730 m)
• Millars One, Southmill Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3DH, permissioned (780 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 50%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.