St Giles Lodge Bicknacre Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Data via plota.co.uk

25/01701/FUL Approved

Proposal

Proposed two storey side extension. Proposed roof lights to front and juliet balcony to rear. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:53

Application progress

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Received

17 Dec 2025

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Approved

6 Feb 2026

Approved on 6 Feb 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 1

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,600,000 in June 2025. Other property, freehold.

20 June 2025£1,600,000Recorded 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: Chelmsford
Postcode: CM3 8AP
Received: 17 Dec 2025
Validated: 17 Dec 2025
Target decision: 11 Feb 2026
Decision date: 6 Feb 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 4 days faster than Chelmsford's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 87% of extensions here are.

This one51d

Council55d

UK55d

76%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

698decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14546008
Planning Portal ref: PP-14546008
Comments by: 23 Jan 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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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