Spinney Cottage Hardings Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HZ Data via plota.co.uk

25/00978/HHA - Householder Application Approved

Proposal

Removal of chimney and demolition of existing conservatory. Proposed replacement porch, first floor side extension, part single part double rear extension with alterations to fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Feb 2026
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Approved
13 Apr 2026

Approved on 13 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decisions · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 22

All documents on the council site ↗

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Public footpath about 17 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1576 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; Inside the Fryerning built-up area; Open access land about 14 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 · 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, 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
Householder Application
Postcode
CM4 0HZ
Received
17 Feb 2026
Validated
17 Feb 2026
Ward
Ingatestone, Fryerning And Mountnessing
Parish
Ingatestone & Fryerning
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
13 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decisions
Applicant
Show
Agent
2-4c

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 58 days. Approved, as 80% of demolitions here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
86decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14266739
Planning Portal ref
PP-14266739
Comments by
18 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Apr 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