Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has made the first of a number of changes to the planning area at UDC to give residents a strong voice and hold developers to account.
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UDC Planning Enforcement instructed Cala Homes to remove an unauthorised earth bank they built that separated new homes on an estate in Newport
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The unauthorised 3m earth bank that blocked light and views was built by Cala to save the developer the cost of removing the spare soil from their site