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Land Adjacent Merks Hall And Orchard House Merks Hill Dunmow

UTT/25/3421/FULFully DetailedApproved
Full

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of 1 no. infill self-build dwelling and cartlodge with associated landscaping and operational development.

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Dunmow North
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land Adjacent Merks Hall And Orchard House Merks Hill Dunmow. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days 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 46 applications across Great Dunmow North.

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

Application type
Fully Detailed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Dunmow

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation start
22 December 2025
Consultation end
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 January 2026
Last date for comments
22 January 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026
Permission expires
20 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
Montagu Evans LLP 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

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-14512771
Documents
31

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Jul

    Application to discharge conditions 5 (biodiversity enhancement), 6 (lighting), 13 (cycle parking) and 15…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsUTT/26/1717/DOC
  2. 2025
    22 Dec

    Erection of 1 no. infill self-build dwelling and cartlodge with associated landscaping and operational…

    This applicationApprovedFullUTT/25/3421/FUL

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