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UTT/22/0539/PAR3

Barn At Birchanger Hall Farm Birchanger Lane Birchanger

Refused Uttlesford Prior Approval Part 3 Class R

Proposal

Prior notification of proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a flexible use within Storage or Distribution (Use Class B8), Hotels (Use Class C1),Commercial/Business/Service (Use Class E), or until the end of July 2022, uses previously classified as Assembly and Leisure (Use Class D2)

As published by the council, reference UTT/22/0539/PAR3

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Feb 2022

    Received by Uttlesford

  2. 14 Apr 2022

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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

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