Broadway Planning Response Deadline Clarification
UDC’s Website
Uttlesford District Council`s website states:
- Neighbour consultation expiry date is Monday 24th August
- Latest consultation expiry date is Wednesday 12th August
Town Council response
For a town council, the statutory deadline is the earliest of the published consultation dates, the “latest consultation expiry date” (12/08/26) not the neighbour consultation date of 24/08/26.
Latest consultation expiry date 12/08/26
This is the formal public consultation period under the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order.
It is the date used for statutory consultees, including town and parish councils.
Latest neighbour consultation date 24/08/26
This is the deadline for neighbours who received letters. Councils are not treated as neighbours: they are statutory consultees.
Town and Parish Councils must work to the formal consultation expiry date unless the Local Planning Authority explicitly extends the consultee period in writing.
Comments can still be submitted after the official deadline, LPAs often accept late representations, but they are not guaranteed to be taken into account.
Residents who are not neighbours, but wish to respond to the application
Residents who are not neighbours and did not receive letters from Uttlesford District Council should use the formal consultation expiry date (12/08/26) as their deadline.
Comments submitted on or before 12/08/26 are guaranteed to be treated as valid.
Comments submitted after this date are usually still accepted, but the case officer is not obliged to consider them.
If a resident wants to be absolutely safe, they should treat 12/08/26 as the deadline.