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Former Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4AL

UTT/23/1853/FULFully DetailedApproved
Full

Approved on 11 January 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

S73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of S62A/22/0000002 (application reference UTT/22/1040/PINS) for conversion of buildings and demolition of buildings to allow redevelopment to provide 96 dwellings, swimming pool and changing facilities, associated recreation facilities, access and landscaping

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Saffron Walden Shire
Agent
Chase New Homes
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 171 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4AL. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 18 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Saffron Walden Shire. We hold 771 applications in total for the CB11 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
CB11 4AL
Application type
Fully Detailed
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
96
Parish
Saffron Walden

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2023
Consultation expiry
31 August 2023
Consultation start
26 July 2023
Consultation end
23 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 August 2023
Last date for comments
31 August 2023
Target decision date
23 October 2023
Committee meeting
5 January 2024
Permission expires
11 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chase New Homes
Agent address
Chase New Homes 8 Parkway Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
24 August 2023
Site notice start
28 July 2023
Site notice end
18 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12328650
Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mount Pleasant RoadPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Friends School,Mount Pleasant Road,Saffron Walden,Essex,CB11 4AL,On or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 7/07/38-4114Part of the site · +10 more
  • Brownfield land register: Former Friends School, Saffron Walden, CB11 4ALRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Uttlesford

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