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Little Barn Park Road Little Easton Essex CM6 2JH

UTT/25/2599/FULRefused

Refused on 6 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 73A Retrospective application for use of site for children's swimming lessons. Change of use and extension of former pool house to ancillary cafe. New parking area, access and associated development.

Received
25 September 2025
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 278 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Little Barn Park Road Little Easton Essex CM6 2JH. Uttlesford has handled 6,761 applications of this type. This one was decided in 278 days, 33 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,064 applications in total for the CM6 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has failed to demonstrate, through satisfactory evidence, that adequate visibility splays can be achieved and thereafter maintained at the vehicular access serving the site, having regard to the recorded vehicle speeds on Park Road. Consequently, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that the development would provide a safe and suitable access for all users or that it would avoid unacceptable risks to highway safety arising from vehicles entering and leaving the site. The proposal therefore conflicts with Core Policies 26 and 27 of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2021-2041, the Uttlesford Design Code and paragraphs 115 and 116 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), which require development to provide safe and suitable access arrangements and not result in unacceptable impacts on highway safety.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CM6 2JH

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low 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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