King Edward Vi Almshouses Abbey Lane Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1DE
Withdrawn on 23 October 2023
Planning committee
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Proposal
Demolition of existing building containing 7 no. 2-bed almshouse units. Construction of new two-storey building, containing 16 no. almshouse units in a mixture of 1 and 2 bed flats. Associated bin store, car and cycle parking, and landscaping. Replacement of part of the River Slade culvert.
- Received
- 14 April 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Saffron Walden Audley
- Agent
- BB&C Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived14 Apr
- ValidatedValidated3 May
- Consult.Consultation14 Sep
- TargetTarget Date2 Aug
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 173 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at King Edward Vi Almshouses Abbey Lane Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1DE. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 192 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Saffron Walden Audley. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the CB10 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
- CB10 1DE
- Application type
- Fully Detailed
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Saffron Walden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 14 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 24 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 14 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 14 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 2 August 2023
- Committee meeting
- 25 October 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- BB&C Architects Limited
- Architect profile
- BB&C ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- BB&C Architects Limited 33A Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 May 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 June 2023
- Site notice start
- 12 May 2023
- Site notice end
- 2 June 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12018444
- Documents
- 120
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Saffron Walden 1
- Listed building: Grade II: King Edward Vi Almshouses, Central Block and ChapelOn this site · +8 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Uttlesford
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