Stables At Dowsett Farm Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00479/FUL Approved
DemolitionNew homes

Proposal

Two dwellings to replace existing stables and containers and associated works including landscaping and parking Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
10 Jun 2026
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Approved
4 Aug 2026

Approved on 4 Aug 2026 · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

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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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.
Public footpath about 28 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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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 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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21 Sept 2026Pending

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Heathfield Dowsett Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex CM11 1JH

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Important details

Council
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM11 1JL
Received
10 Jun 2026
Validated
10 Jun 2026
Target decision
5 Aug 2026
Decision date
4 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 84% of demolitions here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
123decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
EM-2600479
Comments by
27 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Heath View Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford Essex CM11 1JL
Single storey rear extension. Addition of side facing window.
22/02140/FUL
2022 Approved
Heath View Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford Essex CM11 1JL
Single storey rear extension. Addition of side facing window.
22/02140/FUL
2021 Refused
Hilltop Nursery Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Change of Use of Part of Vacant Garden Centre/Nursery (including fields and ancillary bui…
21/00226/FUL
2021
Hilltop Nursery Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Demolish existing storage buildings. Construction of steel portal framed building for pur…
21/00115/FUL
2020 Approved
Site At Rose Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex
Demolition of existing cottage. Construction of replacement dwelling with 6No. roof windo…
20/00716/FUL
2019 Refused
1 Hillside Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Single storey rear extension
19/01681/FUL
2019 Refused
1 Hillside Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Single storey rear extension
19/01681/FUL
2019 Approved
Rose Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford CM11 1JL
Proposed two-storey side and rear extension and siting of temporary caravan.
19/00426/FUL
2019 Approved
Rose Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford CM11 1JL
Proposed two-storey side and rear extension and siting of temporary caravan.
19/00426/FUL
2018 Refused
Rose Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Proposed two storey side and rear extension, side porch and installation of roof lights a…
18/01818/FUL
2016 Refused
Willowbank Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford CM11 1JL
Application for the removal of condition 1 (agricultural worker occupancy condition ) of…
16/01698/FUL
2024 Approved
Dowsett Farm Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 4 - Materials
23/01622/DOC/2
2024 Approved
Dowsett Farm Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 4 - Materials
23/01622/DOC/2
2024 Decided
Dowsett Farm Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 3 - Contamination, Condition 4 - Materials, Condition 10 - Hard and soft landsc…
23/01622/DOC/1
2024 Decided
Dowsett Farm Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 3 - Contamination, Condition 4 - Materials, Condition 10 - Hard and soft landsc…
23/01622/DOC/1
2023 Approved
Heath View Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford Essex CM11 1JL
Non-material amendment for planning application 22/02140/FUL:- (Single storey rear extens…
22/02140/NMAT/1
2023 Approved
Heath View Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford Essex CM11 1JL
Non-material amendment for planning application 22/02140/FUL:- (Single storey rear extens…
22/02140/NMAT/1
2020 Approved
Site At Rose Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex
Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) to planning permission 20/00716/FUL - (Demoliti…
20/00716/S73
2020 Approved
Site At Rose Cottage Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex
Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) to planning permission 20/00716/FUL - (Demoliti…
20/00716/S73
2019 Refused
Willowbank Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford CM11 1JL
Removal of condition 1 for the planning permission reference: 02/01919/FUL (Variation of…
19/01095/S73
2019 Refused
Willowbank Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Chelmsford CM11 1JL
Removal of condition 1 for the planning permission reference: 02/01919/FUL (Variation of…
19/01095/S73
2019 Approved
Oaklings Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 4 - Levels; Condition 5 - Details of materials; Condition 6 - Boundary treatment
18/00896/DOC/1
2019 Approved
Oaklings Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 4 - Levels; Condition 5 - Details of materials; Condition 6 - Boundary treatment
18/00896/DOC/1
2019
Oaklings Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 5 - Details of materials; Condition 6 - Boundary treatment
17/00312/DOC/1
2019
Oaklings Dowsett Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1JL
Condition 5 - Details of materials; Condition 6 - Boundary treatment
17/00312/DOC/1
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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