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Hole Farm Stambourne Road Finchingfield Essex CM7 4PG

14/00017/COUPAChange of Use Prior ApprovalApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 October 2014

Council decision: Permission/Approval not Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval of proposed change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling house (Use Class C3), and for associated operational development - Conversion of redundant farm building (building 8) to two no. residential dwellings.

Received
8 September 2014
Ward
THREE FIELDS
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 38 days

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Hole Farm Stambourne Road Finchingfield Essex CM7 4PG. Braintree has handled 384 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 937 applications in total for the CM7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM7 4PG
Application type
Change of Use Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Finchingfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2014
Target decision date
3 November 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Paul Belton York House 7 Dukes Court 54-62 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    26 Aug

    Application for approval of details as reserved by condition 4,6,7 and 8 of approved application 20/00832/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/02674/DAC
  2. 2021
    29 Jan

    Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development -Erection of grain store

    ApprovedDetermination for Agricultural PD21/00313/AGR
  3. 2020
    27 May

    Demolition of barn and erection of a single dwelling, along with garden space, parking and access.

    ApprovedFull Application20/00832/FUL
  4. 2020
    24 Apr

    Notification pursuant to class R of Schedule 2 Part 3 of the GPDO change of use to office, Hole Farm…

    ApprovedNotification - Part 3, Class R20/00690/P3RNOT
  5. 2017
    17 Jan

    Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and for…

    ApprovedChange of Use Prior Approval17/00077/COUPA
  6. 2016
    2 Mar

    Notification for prior approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to a flexible use…

    ApprovedChange of Use Prior Approval16/00384/COUPA

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