Bluegates Business Park Stortford Road Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1SN Data via plota.co.uk

UTT/26/2097/DOC - Discharge of Conditions Awaiting decision
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Application to discharge conditions 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) 6 (Lighting Design for Biodiversity) 11 (Lighting Scheme) 13 (Archaeology Written Scheme of Investigation) attached to Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Consultation
29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 12 Oct 2026.

Comments are open until 13 Oct 2026

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Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF UTT/25/2655/FUL DECISION NOTICE Other · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOODLIGHT SPECIFICATIONS B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF EXTERNAL LIGHTING B020-Plan · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 6

PDF WILDLIFE SENSITIVE LIGHTING STRATEGY B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF EXTERNAL LIGHTING SPECIFICATIONS B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BRIEF FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRIAL TRENCHING AND EXCAVATION B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER B610-Supporting information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ACKAPP STANDARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Correspondence · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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.
Local nature reserve 102 m away: Flitch Way
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Flood defence 47 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood).
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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
Discharge of Conditions
Postcode
CM6 1SN
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Aug 2026
Ward
Takeley
Parish
Little Canfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Decade Three

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15132962
Planning Portal ref
PP-15132962
Consultation
29 Sept 2026
Comments by
13 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

14 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Bluegates Farm Stortford Road Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1SN
Extension to existing site to provide 1 no. commercial building
UTT/25/2655/FUL
2025
1 Strood Court Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Erection of single storey rear garden room
UTT/25/0879/LB
2025
1 Strood Court Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Erection of single storey rear garden room
UTT/25/0878/HHF
2024
Strood Hall Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Conversion of detached triple garage and outbuilding into ancillary accommodation for the…
UTT/24/1642/HHF
2024
Strood Hall Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Conversion of detached triple garage and outbuilding into ancillary accommodation for the…
UTT/24/1642/HHF
2024
Strood Hall Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Conversion of detached triple garage and outbuilding into ancillary accommodation for the…
UTT/24/1643/LB
2024
Strood Hall Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Conversion of detached triple garage and outbuilding into ancillary accommodation for the…
UTT/24/1643/LB
2022 Approved
Bluegates Farm Stortford Road Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1SN
Change of Use from B1 to mixed use comprising Class E (former B1) and B8 (storage and dis…
UTT/22/1752/FUL
2022 Approved
Bluegates Farm Stortford Road Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1SN
Change of Use from B1 to mixed use comprising Class E (former B1) and B8 (storage and dis…
UTT/22/1752/FUL
2022 Approved
Bluegates Farm Stortford Road Dunmow CM6 1SN
non material amendments to UTT/18/2478/FUL- amend position of building and add fire escap…
UTT/22/0198/NMA
2022 Approved
Bluegates Farm Stortford Road Dunmow CM6 1SN
non material amendments to UTT/18/2478/FUL- amend position of building and add fire escap…
UTT/22/0198/NMA
2020 Approved
Bluegates Farm Stortford Road Dunmow CM6 1SN
Non Material Amendment to UTT/18/2478/FUL - to add plans conditon listing plan numbers 96…
UTT/20/2498/NMA
2020 Approved
Bluegates Farm Stortford Road Dunmow CM6 1SN
Non Material Amendment to UTT/18/2478/FUL - to add plans conditon listing plan numbers 96…
UTT/20/2498/NMA
2018 Approved
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Proposed demolition of existing residential property and office building and replacement…
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings