Danecourt Copt Hill Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4NW Data via plota.co.uk

26/01161/FUL Pending Consideration

Proposal

Erection of a garage outbuilding containing 8 garages and the replacement of an existing outbuilding to provide guest accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 16:09

Application progress

✓

Received

24 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Oct 2026 and 27 Oct 2026, from Chelmsford's recent commercial and major works.

The consultation period closed on 2 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

SSSI about 52 m away: Danbury Common SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 37 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £3,800,000 in June 2022. Other property, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

22 June 2022£3,800,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

11 June 2010£3,275,000Detached house

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Chelmsford
Postcode: CM3 4NW
Received: 24 Aug 2026
Validated: 24 Aug 2026
Target decision: 19 Oct 2026

Decision outlook

Day 46 of the 56-day target. Chelmsford usually decides commercial and major works by day 56.

prediction

Day 4610 days to the 56-day target

52%decided within 8 weeks

67%approved

32decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Chelmsford in the last twelve months, from validation. Chelmsford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15180490
Planning Portal ref: PP-15180490
Comments by: 2 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved

Erection of a garage outbuilding containing 8 garages and the replacement of an existing…

23/01733/FUL 12 Jan 2024

2023 Approved

Erection of a garage outbuilding containing 8 garages and the replacement of an existing…

23/01733/FUL 12 Jan 2024

2023 Refused

Construction of a single storey store.

23/01805/CLOPUD 3 Jan 2024

2023 Refused

Construction of a single storey store.

23/01805/CLOPUD 3 Jan 2024

2016 Approved

Change of use and reconstruction of existing outbuildings to provide ancillary accommodat…

16/01250/FUL 12 Sep 2016

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved

Barn At Danecourt Copt Hill Danbury Chelmsford Essex

Conversion of agricultural outbuilding into a new dwelling with basement and all associat…

19/00512/FUL 27 Aug 2019

2019 Approved

Barn At Danecourt Copt Hill Danbury Chelmsford Essex

Conversion of agricultural outbuilding into a new dwelling with basement and all associat…

19/00512/FUL 27 Aug 2019

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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