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

Refused Uttlesford UTT/26/0979/FUL Fully Detailed

Works: Extension Domestic

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

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference UTT/26/0979/FUL

Application record

Reference
UTT/26/0979/FUL
Type
Fully Detailed
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Decided
7 Jul 2026
Ward
High Easter And The Rodings
Parish
High Easter
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CM1 4PY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Uttlesford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • UTT/26/2254/PAQ3 Decided

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

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

    Submitted 1 Sep 2026
  • UTT/22/0061/DOC Granted

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

    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 2 Aug 2022 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Apr 2026

    Received by Uttlesford

  2. 11 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Alun Design Consultancy Agent, a design practice registered in Great Chesterford

Active · incorporated 2004 · Great Chesterford

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Documents

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27 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Uttlesford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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