Beebrook Farm Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN Data via plota.co.uk

26/00883/CLEUD Refused
Agricultural

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness to regularise the maintenance and improvement of existing agricultural building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Refused
20 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 20 Aug 2026 · Last checked 31 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

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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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
CM11 1JN
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Target decision
25 Aug 2026
Decision date
20 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 4 days faster than Chelmsford's median of 55 for agricultural works. Refused, as 42% of agricultural works here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
58%approved
38decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 31 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15046746
Planning Portal ref
PP-15046746
Comments by
14 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Land And Buildings South Of Heathfield Dowsett Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex
Demolition of existing barns and outbuildings and construction of new dwelling.
19/01768/FUL
2019 Approved
Land And Buildings South Of Heathfield Dowsett Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex
Demolition of existing barns and outbuildings and construction of new dwelling.
19/01768/FUL
2019 Refused
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
Proposed new single storey ancillary outbuilding
19/01609/CLOPUD
2019 Refused
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
Proposed new single storey ancillary outbuilding
19/01609/CLOPUD
2019 Approved
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
The construction of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wa…
19/00058/HHPA
2019 Approved
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
The construction of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wa…
19/00058/HHPA
2019 Approved
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
Single storey side and rear extensions.
19/01540/CLOPUD
2019 Approved
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
Single storey side and rear extensions.
19/01540/CLOPUD
2019 Refused
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
Rear and side single storey extensions to existing bungalow and construction of a single…
19/01140/CLOPUD
2019 Refused
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
Rear and side single storey extensions to existing bungalow and construction of a single…
19/01140/CLOPUD
2017 Approved
Units 3 & 4 Adjacent Heathfield Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JH
Replacement of existing barn group to create new three bedroom dwelling.
17/01799/FUL
2018 Refused
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford CM11 1JN
Replacement dwelling.
18/01963/FUL
2018 Approved
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
Rear and side single storey extensions to existing bungalow, alterations and extensions t…
18/00939/CLOPUD
2018 Approved
Longcroft Bungalow Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JN
The construction of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wa…
18/00017/HHPA
2017 Approved
Units 3 & 4 Adjacent Heathfield Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JH
Conversion of existing barn group to form new three bedroom dwelling.
17/01263/FUL
2016 Refused
Longcroft Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford CM11 1JN
Retrospective application for the change of use of land for the siting of mobile storage…
16/01001/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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
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