Agricultural Building At Oak Lodge Farm Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex Data via plota.co.uk

24/00682/S73/1 Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 to approved planning application (Demolition of existing building and erection of dwelling (revised proposal to that approved under )) Alterations to external appearance and position of dwelling within the site Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Apr 2026
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Approved
10 Jun 2026

Approved on 10 Jun 2026 · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

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Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Inside the Bicknacre built-up area; Open access land about 21 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM3 4HF
Received
16 Apr 2026
Validated
16 Apr 2026
Target decision
11 Jun 2026
Decision date
10 Jun 2026

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14861238
Planning Portal ref
PP-14861238
Comments by
1 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Leighams Farm Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HF
Conversion of an agricultural building to b8 commerical storage with external alterations.
23/01859/FUL
2024 Approved
Leighams Farm Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HF
Conversion of an agricultural building to b8 commerical storage with external alterations.
23/01859/FUL
2022 Approved
Oak Lodge Farm, Agricultural Building At Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HF
Demolition of the existing building. Construction of a new dwelling.
22/01588/FUL
2022 Approved
Oak Lodge Farm, Agricultural Building At Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HF
Demolition of the existing building. Construction of a new dwelling.
22/01588/FUL
2022 Approved
The Shrubbery Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HF
Change of use for dog grooming services.
22/00330/FUL
2022 Approved
The Shrubbery Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HF
Change of use for dog grooming services.
22/00330/FUL
Chelmsford
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#45 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Chelmsford is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #23 out of 296. Only 21% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

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for householder decisions
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Chelmsford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #167 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #188 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #23 of 296
21%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #19 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
164 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,304
Total decisions
168 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings