Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Barn At Shorts Farm Shorts Farm Road High Easter Essex

Refused Uttlesford UTT/20/2785/PAQ3 Prior Approval Part 3 Class Q

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Notification of change of use of agricultural building to 1 no. dwelling

As published by the council, reference UTT/20/2785/PAQ3

Application record

Reference
UTT/20/2785/PAQ3
Type
Prior Approval Part 3 Class Q
Status
Application Required
Decision
Prior Approval Refused
Received
28 Oct 2020
Validated
29 Oct 2020
Decided
21 Dec 2020
Ward
High Easter And The Rodings
Parish
High Easter
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Oct 2020

    Received by Uttlesford

  2. 29 Oct 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Dec 2020

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  4. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

10 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About prior approval applications

How this application type works

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Shorts Barn Shorts Farm Road High Easter Chelmsford Essex CM1 4PY

    UTT/22/0061/DOC Submitted 11 Jan 2022 7m away

    Application to discharge condition 2 (3 years), 3 (submitted details), 4 (electric charging facility), 8, 9 and 10 (Ecology) attached to UTT/20/3445/PAQ3.

    Decided Conditions 19 docs

  • Shorts Barn Shorts Farm Road High Easter Chelmsford Essex CM1 4PY

    UTT/26/0979/FUL Submitted 23 Apr 2026 11m away

    Proposed change of use of redundant former agricultural barn, to form a dwelling, and an adjacent building to form short-stay tourist accommodation, including conversion works to buildings, the erection of an extension to the barn to reinstate a previously collapsed structure, erection of a detached garage cartlodge building and associated landscaping.

    Refused Full applications Extension 27 docs
    Domestic

  • Shorts Farm Chelmsford Road Margaret Roding Essex CM1 4PY

    UTT/22/1591/HHF Submitted 7 Jun 2022 58m away

    Demolition of existing rear extension, new two storey rear extension, single storey rear and side extension and alterations

    Granted Householder Extension Demolition 12 docs
    Small domestic

  • Shorts Barn Shorts Farm Road High Easter Chelmsford Essex CM1 4PY

    UTT/26/2254/PAQ3 Submitted 1 Sep 2026 403m away

    73% historically approved · decision due ~27 Oct

    Prior Notification of change of use of agricultural building to 2 no. dwellings

    Awaiting decision 15 docs
    Several homes

  • Shorts Barn Shorts Farm Road High Easter Essex CM1 4PY

    UTT/26/1432/HHF Submitted 10 Jun 2026 403m away

    73% historically approved · decision due ~11 Aug

    Erection of a single-storey rear extension to a previously converted barn.

    Decided Extension
    Small domestic

  • The Hill Chelmsford Road Margaret Roding Essex CM1 4PY

    UTT/22/0775/DOC Submitted 17 Mar 2022 427m away

    Application to discharge condition 3 (building recording), 4, 5 and 6 (Biodiversity) attached to UTT/19/0650/FUL.

    Decided Conditions 8 docs

In Uttlesford

  • UTT/26/1364/AIR Decided

    Long Border Road Stansted Airport Essex

    Notification of use of airport permitted development rights - to construct a cycle shelter

    4 Jun 2026 Prior approval
  • UTT/26/1292/DEM Granted

    Burniere Lindsell Lane Church End Lindsell Essex CM6 3QR

    Prior Notification of demolition of garage

    28 May 2026 Prior approval
  • UTT/26/0993/PAQ3 Granted

    Barns At Great Clarks Farm Thaxted Road Little Sampford Essex

    Prior Notification of change of use of agricultural buildings to 10 no. dwellings

    24 Apr 2026 Prior approval
  • UTT/26/1090/DEM Granted

    Hill Farm Hill Road Hempstead Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2PH

    Prior Notification of demolition of single storey former piggery building

    5 May 2026 Prior approval
  • UTT/26/0815/PAQ3 Refused

    Buildings At Swallows Farm Pleshey Essex

    Prior Notification of change of use of agricultural buildings to 7 no. dwellings

    2 Apr 2026 Prior approval