Frenches Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP Data via plota.co.uk

24/01346/COND/1 - Discharge of Conditions Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Part Discharge of Condition 2 (Contamination Remediation Scheme) of application (Variation of Condition 1 (development in accordance) of application (Application for Technical Details Consent for the construction of 8 dwellings following Permission in Principle ()) to allow for changes to the siting and design of plots 4, 5 and 6). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jan 2026
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Approved
20 Mar 2026

Approved on 20 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision COND S191/S192 · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 27 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF REMEDIAL METHOD STATEMENT Supporting Documents · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF CONTAMINATED LAND AND GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT Supporting Documents · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF *SUPERSEDED* APPLICATION FORM Superseded Document · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMENTS Consultee Comment Public · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF OFFICERS REPORT Report · 27 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF FACTUAL REPORT LAND REMEDIATION AND CIVILISATION Supporting Documents · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - JUNE 2025 Supporting Documents · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Supporting Documents · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
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 3. 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.
National infrastructure project about 576 m away: M25 junction 28 improvements
The site is about 576 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Lower Thames Crossing (decided, about 1298 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
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
Conservation area about 54 m away: South Weald; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £2,900,000 in August 2024. Other property, freehold.

1 August 2024£2,900,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Brentwood
Application type
Discharge of Conditions
Postcode
CM14 5QP
Received
30 Jan 2026
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
Brizes, Stondon Massey And South Weald
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Mar 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
20 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision COND S191/S192
Agent
Smart Planning Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14641311
Planning Portal ref
PP-14641311
Comments by
23 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Hip to gable roof alteration to facilitate construction of one and a half storey side ext…
25/01078/HHA
2025
Demolition of existing single storey side element. Hip to gable roof alteration to facili…
25/01079/HHA
2025 Withdrawn
Demolition of Existing Single Storey Extension. Hip to gable roof alterations with first…
25/00637/HHA
2025 Approved
Variation of Condition 1 (In Accordance with Drawings) of application 22/00502/TECON (App…
25/00326/FUL
2024 Approved
Variation of Condition 1 (development in accordance) of application 22/00502/TECON (Appli…
24/01346/FUL
2025 Approved
Application to Discharge Conditions 10 (Details of Materials) and 11 (Details of Sustaina…
22/00502/COND/7
2024
Application to Discharge Condition 2 (Contaminated Land) of Planning Permission 22/00502/…
22/00502/COND/6
2024
Application to Discharge Condition 2 (Contaminated Land) of Planning Permission 22/00502/…
22/00502/COND/6
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 3 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) of application 22/00502/TECON (A…
22/00502/COND/5
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 3 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) of application 22/00502/TECON (A…
22/00502/COND/5
2024 Approved
Variation of Condition 1 (Drawings in Accordance) of application 22/00502/TECON (Applicat…
24/01040/FUL
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 5 (Tree Protection Plan) of application 22/00502/TECON (Applicatio…
22/00502/COND/2
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 6 (Construction Management Plan) of application 22/00502/TECON (Ap…
22/00502/COND/1
2024 Approved
Non Material amendment to alter wording of Condition 2 (contaminated land) on application…
24/00502/NON/1
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 (Site Levels) of application 22/00502/TECON (Application for Tec…
22/00502/COND/4
2024 Approved
Discharge of Condition 5 (Tree Protection Plan) of application 22/00502/TECON (Applicatio…
22/00502/COND/2
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 6 (Construction Management Plan) of application 22/00502/TECON (Ap…
22/00502/COND/1
2024 Approved
Non Material amendment to alter wording of Condition 2 (contaminated land) on application…
24/00502/NON/1
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 (Site Levels) of application 22/00502/TECON (Application for Tec…
22/00502/COND/4
2024 Withdrawn
Discharge of condition 2 (Remediation Scheme) of application 22/00502/TECON (Application…
22/00502/COND/3
2024 Withdrawn
Discharge of condition 2 (Remediation Scheme) of application 22/00502/TECON (Application…
22/00502/COND/3
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved
Bluebell Hill Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Retention of existing detached building used for livestock and horses
18/00001/FUL
2017 Approved
Bluebell Hill Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Replacement building for Livestock and Horses (partly retrospective now including partial…
17/00801/FUL
2016 Decided
Bluebell Hill Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Replacement building for livestock and horses
16/00723/FUL
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.