Agricultural Building At Oak Lodge Farm Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex Data via plota.co.uk

24/00682/DOC/1 Pending Consideration

Proposal

Condition 3- Contaminated land, Condition 4- Finished levels, Condition 5 - Materials, Condition 6- Hard and Soft Landscaping, Condition 7 - Boundary Treatment Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 05:22

Application progress

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Received

15 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 10 Nov 2026.

The consultation period closed on 30 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Also on the record

Inside the Bicknacre built-up area; Open access land about 21 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.; 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 · Not green belt · 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 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: 15 Sept 2026
Validated: 15 Sept 2026
Target decision: 10 Nov 2026

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15196001
Planning Portal ref: PP-15196001
Comments by: 30 Sept 2026

Chelmsford

Planning Authority Score

7.4/10

Good

#45 of 296 councils

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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