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UTT/25/2991/DFO - Details Following Outline Approved

Proposal

Reserved Matters pursuant to outline approval application for the erection of 88no. dwellings (including affordable housing and self/custom-build plots) with details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, together with the provision of public open space, children's play area, landscape infrastructure including a buffer to Priors Wood Ancient Woodland, and all other associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 9 Oct 2026, 14:29

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Application progress

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Received

5 Nov 2025

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Validated

7 Nov 2025

✓

Consultation

17 Feb 2026

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Approved

16 Mar 2026

Approved on 16 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Uttlesford Planning Committee on 11 Mar 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the design followed the outline permission and provided acceptable housing, access, landscaping and amenity.
Three objections raised principle concerns and insufficient sewage capacity, while Takeley Parish Council supported the proposal.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site and history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Uttlesford's committee minutes of 11 Mar 2026.

Documents 177

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF ACDFOZ - DFO CONDITIONAL APPROVAL Decision Notice · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT B110-Officers Reports · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 29

Plans & drawings 98

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM B610-Supporting information · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 32

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 16 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 15 Nov 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 2

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 9 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: Details Following Outline
Received: 5 Nov 2025
Validated: 7 Nov 2025
Ward: Takeley
Parish: Takeley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 Mar 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 16 Mar 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Ceres Property

How this decision compares

Decided in 129 days from validation, 53 days slower than Uttlesford's median of 76 for reserved matters. Approved, as 78% of reserved matters here are.

This one129d

Council76d

UK92d

30%decided within 8 weeks

78%approved

13%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

220 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14387966
Planning Portal ref: PP-14387966
Neighbours: 16 Mar 2026
Consultation: 17 Feb 2026
Comments by: 20 Feb 2026
Site or press notice: 12 Nov 2025
Committee: 11 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 6 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Uttlesford

Planning Authority Score

6.2/10

Average

#95 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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