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Land To The North Of Birchanger Lane Birchanger

UTT/22/3094/FULFully DetailedRefused
Full

Refused on 12 June 2023

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Section 73A Retrospective application for change of use of land for the stationing of caravan and mobile homes for residential purposes and ancillary works (comprising the formation of 6 no. pitches, each comprising of 2no. static caravans and 1no. touring caravan).

Received
14 November 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Stansted South And Birchanger
Agent
WS Planning & Architecture
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 207 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land To The North Of Birchanger Lane Birchanger. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 23 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Stansted South And Birchanger.

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

Application type
Fully Detailed
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Birchanger

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2022
Consultation expiry
14 April 2023
Consultation start
31 March 2023
Consultation end
14 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
12 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2022
Last date for comments
14 April 2023
Target decision date
16 February 2023
Committee meeting
7 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
WS Planning & Architecture
Agent address
WS Planning & Architecture 5 Pool House Bancroft Road Reigate RH2 7RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 December 2022
Advertisement expiry
22 December 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00062/REF
Appeal status
Appeal lodged
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3324961
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 23 January 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11689153
Documents
404

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Uttlesford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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

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© 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.

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Source: Uttlesford

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