Former Takeley Service Station Dunmow Road Takeley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM22 6SP

UTT/13/2940/FULFully DetailedApproved

Full

Approved on 24 February 2014

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from sui generis petrol filling station and A3 restaurant to sui generis motor vehicle dealership, with associated erection of two temporary Portakabins to provide office and staff welfare space and 2m high fence to provide security.

Received: 31 October 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Uttlesford District Council

ReceivedReceived31 Oct
ValidatedValidated1 Nov
Consult.Consultation17 Dec
TargetTarget Date27 Dec
DecidedDecided24 Feb

Decided in 115 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Takeley Service Station Dunmow Road Takeley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM22 6SP. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 10 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,228 applications in total for the CM22 postcode area.

76% of full applications at Uttlesford District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CM22 6SP
Application type: Fully Detailed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Takeley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 November 2013
Consultation expiry: 17 December 2013
Consultation start: 11 December 2013
Consultation end: 17 December 2013
Neighbour consultation start: 26 February 2014
Neighbour consultation end: 17 December 2013
Last date for comments: 17 December 2013
Target decision date: 27 December 2013
Permission expires: 24 February 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: DWW Design Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2FJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-02941424
Documents: 36

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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