Planning application
Water Tower Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of 6 no. existing antennas and associated steelwork, and installation 9 no. new antennas on a replacement steelwork, 1 no. transmission dish and ancillary development thereto.
As published by the council, reference UTT/26/1245/LB
Application record
- Reference
- UTT/26/1245/LB
- Type
- Listed Building
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Validated
- 27 May 2026
- Decided
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Saffron Walden Shire
- Parish
- Saffron Walden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB11 3EB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Uttlesford register
This site has had 4 applications since 2026: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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UTT/26/1244/FUL Granted
Water Tower Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EB
Removal of 6 no. existing antennas and associated steelwork, and installation 9 no. new antennas on a replacement steelwork, 1 no. transmission dish and ancillary development thereto.
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UTT/26/0871/FUL Granted
Water Tower Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EB
Upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station installation comprising addition of 2no proposed 300mm dishes and ancillary development thereto.
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UTT/26/0872/LB Granted
Water Tower Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EB
Upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station installation comprising addition of 2no proposed 300mm dishes and ancillary development thereto.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 May 2026
Received by Uttlesford
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27 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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31 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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Avison Young Limited Agent
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