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216 Birchanger Lane Birchanger Bishops Stortford CM23 5QH

UTT/25/2699/FULFully DetailedRefused
Full

Refused on 6 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of garage, removal of chimney, alterations including addition of window to front elevation, two storey side extension and erection of outbuilding

Received
3 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stansted South And Birchanger
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 216 Birchanger Lane Birchanger Bishops Stortford CM23 5QH. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Stansted South And Birchanger. We hold 3,120 applications in total for the CM23 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
CM23 5QH
Application type
Fully Detailed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birchanger

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Consultation end
11 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2025
Last date for comments
11 December 2025
Target decision date
8 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Hadley Grange Church Langley Harlow CM17 9PQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6006462
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 5 August 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
24

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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