St Andrews Methodist Church Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PS Data via plota.co.uk

25/01392/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed change of use from a church (Class F1 (f)) and its associated curtilage to a children's day nursery (Class E (f)) to include internal alterations, partial change of use of allocated allotment site to provide a car park, new vehicle and pedestrian access and associated hard and soft landscaping.(Part Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 4 Dec 2025
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Approved
21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decisions · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 53

Consultation & comments 30

PDF HISTORIC BUILDINGS CONSULTEE RESPONSE Consultee Comment Public · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗
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PDF TMA CHARTERED SURVEYORS RESPONSE TO HBO SECOND LETTER Supporting Documents · 19 May 2026 View ↗
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PDF HISTORIC BUILDINGS CONSULTEE RESPONSE Consultee Comment Public · 16 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING POLICY Consultee Comment Public · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING POLICY Consultee Comment Public · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ESSEX HIGHWAYS CONSULTEE RESPONSE Consultee Comment Public · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗
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PDF HERONGATE & INGRAVE PRESERVATION SOCIETY Consultee Comment Public · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PARISH COUNCIL CONSULTEE RESPONSE Consultee Comment Public · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment Public · 9 Jan 2026 View ↗
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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Herongate conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public footpath 21 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: 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
Registered park or garden 104 m away: Thorndon Hall; 7 listed buildings within 150 m; National infrastructure project 1814 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; SSSI 481 m away: Thorndon Park SSSI; Inside the Ingrave and Herongate built-up area; Open access land 17 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.; Green belt 86 m away: London.
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, 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 £502,000 in May 2025. Other property, freehold.

2 May 2025£502,000Recorded 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
Full Application
Postcode
CM13 3PS
Received
around 4 Dec 2025
Validated
4 Dec 2025
Ward
Herongate, Ingrave And West Horndon
Parish
Herongate & Ingrave
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
21 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decisions
Applicant
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Agent
TMA Chartered Surveyors

How this decision compares

Decided in 291 days from validation, 219 days slower than Brentwood's median of 72 for full applications. Approved, as 67% of full applications here are.

33%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
67decided in the last year

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

Public comments

67comments received
30 objecting9 neutral28 supporting

45% object · below the UK average of 74%

18 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14520593
Planning Portal ref
PP-14520593
Comments by
2 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Brentwood
Planning Authority Score
0.9/10
Poor
#294 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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