Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex

UTT/26/0415/NMANon Material AmendmentAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Non Material Amendment to UTT/25/1343/PINS / S62A/2025/0107 - repositioning of sub-station from opposite plots 3 and 4 to the north-eastern corner of the site. Amendment to correctly show plot 21 on the site plans and reduce the bin and cycle storage to plot 20. A separate kitchen/diner proposed at ground level in the FOG unit, relocating the door to the rear car court and one additional window on the ground floor. Amend the wording of condition 23 to 'Prior to any above ground works, a timetable for the delivery of the pedestrian link from Mount Pleasant Road through the site to Greenways as shown in principle on Layout Masterplan drawing no. 23110(D)006 shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The footpath shall thereafter be delivered in accordance with the approved timetable and retained thereafter.'

Received: 16 February 2026
Decision due: 16 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Uttlesford District Council
Ward: Saffron Walden Shire
Agent: Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived16 Feb
ValidatedValidated16 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Mar
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex. Uttlesford has handled 247 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Saffron Walden Shire. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the CB10 postcode area.

82% of amendment 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: CB10 1NQ
Application type: Non Material Amendment
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Saffron Walden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd
Agent address: Barker Parry Town Planning 33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14411604
Documents: 11

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Mount Pleasant RoadPart of the site · +1 more
Listed building: Friends School,Mount Pleasant Road,Saffron Walden,Essex,CB11 4AL,On or next to this site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 7/07/38-4114Part of the site · +6 more
Brownfield land register: Former Friends School, Saffron Walden, CB11 4ALRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 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.

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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.

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.

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This applicationPendingNon-material amendmentUTT/26/0415/NMA

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

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