Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex

UTT/26/2702/DOCAwaiting decision

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Application to discharge condition 9 (Archaeological Investigation) attached to S62A/2025/0107 (UTT/25/1343/PINS)

Submitted: 23 October 2026
Council: Uttlesford District Council

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This is a planning application at Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex. Uttlesford has handled 6,751 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 October 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.

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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)

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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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© 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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