Simpkins Farm Church End Lindsell Dunmow Essex CM6 3QR Data via plota.co.uk

UTT/26/1351/HHF - Householder Full Application Approved

Proposal

External repairs, maintenance and landscape improvement works to Simpkins Farm and associated curtilage structures Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
4 Jun 2026
Consultation
4 Jun 2026
Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Public footpath 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Simpkins, Grade II, 31 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Uttlesford
Application type
Householder Full Application
Postcode
CM6 3QR
Received
4 Jun 2026
Validated
4 Jun 2026
Ward
Thaxted And The Eastons
Parish
Lindsell
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
CANNON Architectural Design Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, about the council's usual 50 days. Approved, as 77% of agricultural works here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
45decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Uttlesford in the last twelve months, from validation. Uttlesford decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
5 Jun 2026
Consultation
4 Jun 2026
Comments by
26 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
10 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Uttlesford
Planning Authority Score
6.2/10
Average
#95 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Uttlesford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #31 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Uttlesford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 82% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Uttlesford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #280 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #272 of 296
82%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #31 of 296
25%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #33 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
276 decided (1-9 homes)
87%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
64%
Change of use approved
28 decided
1,247
Total decisions
288 refused in the year to March 2026