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UTT/26/1635/OP · Church End planning application

How to object to the Church End development

Anyone can make a planning comment. The most useful comments are personal, factual and explain what the proposal would mean in real life.

What residents should know

Use your own words

Avoid copying a long template. Say what you have personally seen, experienced or need: a journey, a flood event, a parking problem, a local view or a service you use.

Keep it about planning

Focus on matters such as road safety, parking, construction traffic, flooding, drainage, landscape, heritage, wildlife, public transport and whether infrastructure is genuinely secured.

Make your evidence useful

Photographs can help when they are safe and honest. Record the date, time, location and what the image shows. Do not enter private land or put yourself in danger.

Questions worth asking

  • What do you know locally that a desk-based report may not show?
  • What happens at that location at a particular time or in particular weather?
  • What needs to be demonstrated or secured before any planning permission is granted?

Submit your comment: step by step

  1. Choose one main concern. Use the comment builder to describe what you have personally seen, experienced or need. Keep it truthful and in your own words.
  2. Read the editable draft. Correct anything that is wrong or missing. If you want help with spelling and flow, tick the consent box and select ‘Improve my draft with AI’, then read the result again.
  3. Select ‘Copy your draft’, then select ‘Open Uttlesford’s official planning portal’. The application should open as UTT/26/1635/OP, Land at The Broadway, Great Dunmow.
  4. If you do not already have a council planning-portal account, select ‘Register’ or ‘Register for an account’, complete the requested details and follow any email confirmation step. If you have an account, sign in instead.
  5. On the application page, select the option to make a comment or representation. The wording can vary slightly on the council portal; look for the comment/representation option for this application.
  6. Paste your edited comment into the council’s comment box. Add a photograph only if it is your own, safely obtained and you can explain its date, place and what it shows.
  7. Check the text once more, then submit it. Keep any on-screen or emailed acknowledgement as proof that your comment was received.