40 Rectory Lane Farnham Bishops Stortford Essex CM23 1HU
Approved on 27 May 2026
Council decision: Application Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Proposed singe storey extension - extending 6 metres from the rear wall, maximum height 2.90 metres and height to eaves 2.55 metres
- Received
- 21 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Stort Valley
- ReceivedReceived21 Apr
- ValidatedValidated21 Apr
- Consult.Consultation13 May
- TargetTarget Date2 Jun
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at 40 Rectory Lane Farnham Bishops Stortford Essex CM23 1HU. Uttlesford has handled 476 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Stort Valley. We hold 3,119 applications in total for the CM23 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
- CM23 1HU
- Application type
- General PD - Extensions
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Farnham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 June 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- WTEG Associates Ltd 43 Mornington Road Chingford London E4 7DT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14865647
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
© 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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