Farnham School Farnham Road Farnham CM23 1HR
Approved on 6 July 2017
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Extension to the school entrance to create a secure lobby.
- Received
- 8 May 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Stort Valley
- ReceivedReceived8 May
- ValidatedValidated17 May
- Consult.Consultation20 Jun
- TargetTarget Date12 Jul
- DecidedDecided6 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Farnham School Farnham Road Farnham CM23 1HR. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Stort Valley. We hold 3,119 applications in total for the CM23 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
- CM23 1HR
- Application type
- Fully Detailed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Farnham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 May 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 29 June 2017
- Consultation start
- 23 May 2017
- Consultation end
- 20 June 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 May 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 June 2017
- Last date for comments
- 29 June 2017
- Target decision date
- 12 July 2017
- Permission expires
- 6 July 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Wilby and Burnett
- Agent address
- Wilby And Burnett Provident House 123 Ashdon Road Saffron Walden CB10 2AJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 June 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 June 2017
- Site notice start
- 7 June 2017
- Site notice end
- 28 June 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06019043
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 14/94/12-2805Part of the site · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202419 Jun
Retention of existing relocatable classroom for temporary five year period
PendingFully DetailedUTT/24/1566/FUL - 200829 Sep
Retention of existing relocatable classroom for temporary five year period
ApprovedFully DetailedUTT/1579/08/FUL - 20074 Jan
Construction of canopy to form covered play area and replace windows in primary school
ApprovedFully DetailedUTT/0021/07/FUL - 200316 May
Retention of relocatable classroom for temporary five year period
ApprovedFully DetailedUTT/0721/03/FUL - 200311 Apr
Construction of multi-purpose sports and assembly hall, and link extension to main school.
ApprovedFully DetailedUTT/0551/03/FUL
Source: Uttlesford
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Consultants on this application
- Wilby & Burnett LLP · Agent for this application
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