Land To Rear Of 1-6 Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone CM4 0DY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00769/OUT - Outline Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Outline planning application for the erection of up to 216 dwellings and provision of up to 2,000sqm gross internal floorspace of non-residential development, comprising up to 1,500sqm of community facilities within Use Class F2 and up to 500sqm of retail floorspace within Use Class E(a), with access sought for approval and appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:15

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Application progress

✓

Received

around 8 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 7 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 7 Dec 2026 and 3 Jan 2027, from Brentwood's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Documents 32

Statements & assessments 16

Plans & drawings 14

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

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.

National infrastructure project 267 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is 267 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 ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 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.

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Important details

Council: Brentwood
Application type: Outline Application
Postcode: CM4 0DY
Received: around 8 Oct 2026
Validated: 8 Oct 2026
Ward: Ingatestone, Fryerning And Mountnessing
Parish: Ingatestone & Fryerning
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Jan 2027
Applicant: Show
Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 91-day target. Brentwood usually decides new homes by day 69.

prediction

Day 2071 days to the 91-day target

21%decided within 8 weeks

63%approved

47decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received

1 objecting1 neutral

148 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-13798030
Planning Portal ref: PP-13798030
Comments by: 5 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 7 Jan 2027
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved

5 Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0DY

Removal of existing single garage and outbuildings. Construction of two-storey side and p…

24/00865/HHA 8 Nov 2024

2023 Approved

4 Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0DY

Removal of the existing single storey side extension and the construction of a two-storey…

23/01292/HHA 14 Dec 2023

2023 Approved

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2018 Refused

Parklands, Rockwood, Magdalen, Longmeads, The Leylands And Woodfield 1 To 6 Woodfield Cottages South East Of High Street Ingatestone Essex

Outline application for residential development comprising of 140 dwellings, community fa…

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2017 Refused

Land Adjacent To Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone Essex

Construction of a detached bungalow (Access and Layout not reserved matters).

17/01843/OUT 12 Jan 2018

2017 Refused

Land Adjacent To Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone Essex

Construction of a detached bungalow (Access and Layout not reserved matters).

17/01843/OUT 12 Jan 2018

2016 Refused

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Outline application for Residential development comprising of 140 dwellings, community fa…

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Brentwood

Planning Authority Score

0.9/10

Poor

#294 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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

Land To Rear Of 1-6 Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone CM4 0DY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 32

Statements & assessments 16

Plans & drawings 14

Application forms 1

Other documents 1

Site constraints 3

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