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Barns At Little Smiths Green Farm Bumpstead Road Hempstead

UTT/23/2576/OPOutline PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 May 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Outline application, with matters of appearance, layout and landscaping reserved, for the demolition of redundant agricultural buildings and erection of 5 no. dwellings and associated work.

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Sampfords
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 196 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Barns At Little Smiths Green Farm Bumpstead Road Hempstead. Uttlesford has handled 476 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 22 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across The Sampfords.

72% of outline 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
Outline Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hempstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2023
Consultation expiry
24 April 2024
Consultation start
17 April 2024
Consultation end
24 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 November 2023
Last date for comments
24 April 2024
Target decision date
15 December 2023
Permission expires
3 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sworders
Agent address
Sworders The Gatehouse Hadham Hall Little Hadham Ware SG11 2EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 November 2023
Site notice end
30 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12519375
Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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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