Land At Margaretting Service Station Main Road Margaretting Ingatestone Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00589/PIP Approved
New homes

Proposal

Permission in Principle to establish the principle of residential development for four dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 May 2026
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Approved
17 Jun 2026

Approved on 17 Jun 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

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 644 m away: Norwich to Tilbury
The site is about 644 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.
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3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: unnamed, about 58 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Inside the Margaretting built-up area; Priority habitat about 29 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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
Postcode
CM4 9JB
Received
13 May 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Target decision
17 Jun 2026
Decision date
17 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 21 days faster than Chelmsford's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 71% of new homes here are.

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

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 19 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
EM-2600589
Comments by
12 Jun 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%).

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings