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Helena Romanes School Parsonage Downs Dunmow CM6 2AT

UTT/26/0568/DFODetails Following OutlineAwaiting decision
Reserved matters
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reserved matters (layout, scale, landscaping and appearance) pursuant to outline planning permission UTT/20/1929/OP for the creation of 200 two, three and four bedroom houses and bungalows, public open space, roads and paths, parking and associated infrastructure.

Received
5 March 2026
Decision due
4 June 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Great Dunmow North
Agent
JCN Design & Planning
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Helena Romanes School Parsonage Downs Dunmow CM6 2AT. Uttlesford has handled 476 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Great Dunmow conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Great Dunmow North. We hold 2,062 applications in total for the CM6 postcode area.

72% of outline 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
CM6 2AT
Application type
Details Following Outline
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Dunmow

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
7 July 2026
Consultation start
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2026
Last date for comments
7 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
JCN Design & Planning
Agent address
JCN Design & Planning 2 Exchange Court London Road Feering Colchester CO5 9FB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 April 2026
Site notice start
16 June 2026
Site notice end
7 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14702907
Documents
94

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: FriarsOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/85/48-1004Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Helena Romanes School, Parsonage Downs, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AURegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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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