Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4ER

UTT/26/0014/LBListed BuildingApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of application UTT/25/1958/LB (Proposed alterations to ground floor (part) including addition of air conditioning units to external wall) - amendments to approved plans in line with recommendations made by a building control officer.

Received: 5 January 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Uttlesford District Council
Ward: Saffron Walden Audley
Agent: Ian Abrams Architect Limited

ReceivedReceived5 Jan
ValidatedValidated5 Jan
Consult.Consultation2 Feb
TargetTarget Date2 Mar
DecidedDecided16 Mar

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4ER. Uttlesford has handled 527 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Saffron Walden Audley. We hold 771 applications in total for the CB11 postcode area.

64% of heritage 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: CB11 4ER
Application type: Listed Building
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Saffron Walden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 February 2026
Consultation start: 5 January 2026
Consultation end: 2 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 27 January 2026
Last date for comments: 5 February 2026
Target decision date: 2 March 2026
Committee meeting: 11 March 2026
Permission expires: 16 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Ian Abrams Architect Limited
Architect profile: IAN ABRAMS ARCHITECT LIMITED
Agent address: Ian Abrams Architect Limited 5 The Maltings Station Road Newport CB11 3RN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 15 January 2026
Advertisement expiry: 5 February 2026
Site notice start: 7 January 2026
Site notice end: 28 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14586855
Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Saffron Walden 1
Listed building: Grade II: Old Saffron Walden HospitalOn or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

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

2026
5 Jan
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of application UTT/25/1957/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongsideUTT/26/0006/FUL
2026
5 Jan
Application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of application UTT/25/1958/LB
This applicationApprovedListed building consentUTT/26/0014/LB

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Uttlesford

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