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Adjacent Old House Barn Parsonage Road Takeley

UTT/25/3174/FULFully DetailedRefused
Full

Refused on 30 March 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a commercial unit with a covered lean-to extension, together with associated areas of hardstanding, external storage, vehicle parking, a surface water attenuation basin and all other associated groundworks.

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Takeley
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 118 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Adjacent Old House Barn Parsonage Road Takeley. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 11 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Takeley.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The application has not provided sufficient ecological information on European protected species (Great Crested Newts and Bats). As such, the local planning authority has no certainty of the likely impacts of the development on European protected species and cannot demonstrate compliance with its statutory duties to conserve and enhance biodiversity and to prevent wildlife crime. The development would fail to comply with Core Policy 38 of the Uttlesford Local Plan (2026), paragraphs 44, 187(d), 193(a) of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), as well as section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006 and section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Fully Detailed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Takeley

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
8 January 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
30 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2025
Last date for comments
10 March 2026
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ceres Property
Agent address
Ceres Property Unit 1 Whitbreads Business Centre Whitbreads Farm Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3FE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
8 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14476831
Documents
35

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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