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Lea Hall Forest Dunmow Road Hatfield Heath

UTT/26/0364/AGAgricultural DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Deemed RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Notification of proposed forestry building

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield Heath
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Lea Hall Forest Dunmow Road Hatfield Heath. Uttlesford has handled 134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 42 applications across Hatfield Heath. We hold 1,228 applications in total for the CM22 postcode area.

80% of all 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. Pursuant to paragraph W(3) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), the applicant has provided insufficient information to enable the authority to establish whether the proposed development complies with with the conditions, limitations or restrictions in paragraph E [The carrying out on land used for the purposes of forestry, including afforestation, of development reasonably necessary for those purposes of Schedule 2, Part 6, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CM22 7EA
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hatfield Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Target decision date
17 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Uttlesford
  • Brownfield land register: Dunmow Road Hatfield Heath CM22 7BLRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Jul

    Prior Notification of proposed forestry building

    PendingAgricultural DeterminationUTT/26/1865/AG

Source: Uttlesford

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