Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex

UTT/26/1060/DOCDischarge of ConditionsAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to discharge condition 9 (archaeology) attached to UTT/25/1343/PINS (allowed under appeal S62A/2025/0107)

Received: 1 May 2026
Decision due: 26 June 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Uttlesford District Council
Ward: Saffron Walden Shire
Agent: Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived1 May
ValidatedValidated1 May
Consult.Consultation22 May
TargetTarget Date26 Jun
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex. Uttlesford has handled 1,056 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Saffron Walden Shire.

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Application details

Application type: Discharge of Conditions
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Saffron Walden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 May 2026
Consultation start: 1 May 2026
Last date for comments: 22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14903131
Documents: 5

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.

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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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

2026
1 May
Application to discharge condition 9 (archaeology) attached to UTT/25/1343/PINS
This applicationPendingDischarge of conditionsUTT/26/1060/DOC
2026
27 Apr
Application to discharge condition 27 (design of playing fields), condition 28 (specification of non-turf…
PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideUTT/26/1008/DOC

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

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