Grain Store At Loft Hall Farm Essex Hill Wenden Lofts Essex
Approved on 10 February 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior Notification of change of use of agricultural building to a flexible commercial use falling within use Class E
- Received
- 16 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Littlebury, Chesterford And Wendens Loft
- ReceivedReceived16 Dec
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation8 Jan
- TargetTarget Date10 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Grain Store At Loft Hall Farm Essex Hill Wenden Lofts Essex. Uttlesford has handled 476 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Littlebury, Chesterford And Wendens Loft.
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
- Prior Approval Part 3 Class R
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wenden Lofts Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 15 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bidwells Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 13 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14565777
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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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.
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