Button Farm Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PN Data via plota.co.uk

26/00204/AGR - Forestry Development Approved

Proposal

Construction of general purpose agricultural building for storage of hay Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Feb 2026
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Approved
17 Mar 2026

Approved on 17 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision COND S191/S192 · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 133 m away: Thorndon Hall; National infrastructure project 1473 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; SSSI 443 m away: Thorndon Park SSSI; Inside the Ingrave and Herongate built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Brentwood
Application type
Forestry Development
Postcode
CM13 3PN
Received
23 Feb 2026
Validated
23 Feb 2026
Ward
Herongate, Ingrave And West Horndon
Parish
Herongate & Ingrave
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Mar 2026
Decision
Prior Approval is Not Required
Decision date
17 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision COND S191/S192
Applicant
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Agent
Whirledge and Nott

How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, 15 days faster than Brentwood's median of 37 for prior approvals. Approved, as 77% of prior approvals here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
45decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Brentwood in the last twelve months, from validation. Brentwood decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14691280
Planning Portal ref
PP-14691280
Statutory expiry
23 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Brentwood
Planning Authority Score
0.9/10
Poor
#294 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Brentwood is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #278 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 68% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (85%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Brentwood decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #234 of 296
85%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #248 of 296
35%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #278 of 296
68%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #283 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
97 decided (1-9 homes)
64%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
19 decided
717
Total decisions
124 refused in the year to March 2026