Land East Of Myjoy Woodhill Road Sandon Chelmsford Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/01088/FUL Refused

Proposal

Construction of 2 detached dwellings with carports, associated landscaping and a new vehicular access point. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:22

Application progress

✓

Received

10 Aug 2026

✗

Refused

5 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 5 Oct 2026 · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 2

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.

1 listed building within 150 m

Nearest: Bridge Farmhouse, Grade II, 49 m away

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.

Historic England ↗

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.

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Important details

Council: Chelmsford
Received: 10 Aug 2026
Validated: 10 Aug 2026
Target decision: 5 Oct 2026
Decision date: 5 Oct 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 29% of new homes here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK57d

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

8comments received

8 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15142466
Planning Portal ref: PP-15142466
Comments by: 2 Oct 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

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