Land Between A12 And The Oaks Wantz Road Margaretting Ingatestone Data via plota.co.uk

26/00914/FUL Pending Consideration

Proposal

Technical Details Consent for 4 dwellings (pursuant to Permission in Principle applications Ref: for a single dwelling and 26/00021/PIP for 3 no. dwellings) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 07:22

Application progress

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Received

20 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 16 Oct 2026; it is now day 81.

Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 5

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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National infrastructure project about 283 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is about 283 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due.

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 ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Margaretting built-up area; Priority habitat about 11 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland; 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: Chelmsford
Received: 20 Jul 2026
Validated: 20 Jul 2026
Target decision: 14 Sept 2026

Decision outlook

Day 81, past the statutory target. 85% of new homes in Chelmsford are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 19 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 818 days to the predicted decision (day 89)

51%decided within 8 weeks

71%approved

97decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes 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-15059370
Planning Portal ref: PP-15059370
Comments by: 16 Oct 2026

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%).

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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