Classroom Building At R A Butler School South Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3DG
Approved on 8 April 2026
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Erection of replacement classroom building following demolition of existing building.
- Received
- 22 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Saffron Walden Shire
- ReceivedReceived22 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation6 Mar
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided8 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Classroom Building At R A Butler School South Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3DG. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Saffron Walden Shire. We hold 771 applications in total for the CB11 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
- CB11 3DG
- Application type
- Fully Detailed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saffron Walden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Decade Three
- Agent address
- Decade Three Unit 10 Holts Court Threshers Bush Harlow Essex CM23 0NS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14636570
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 24/93/38-2351Part of the site · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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