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Majenta House Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BS

16/01558/PNCOUPrior Notification Change of useApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 December 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval is required/GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval Notification Class O - Change of use from office space (B1(a) to 5 no. apartments.

Received
10 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Brentwood South
Agent
Ashby Design Limited
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Majenta House Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BS. Brentwood has handled 167 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Brentwood's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Brentwood South. We hold 539 applications in total for the CM14 postcode area.

89% of amendment applications at Brentwood Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM14 4BS
Application type
Prior Notification Change of use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2016
Consultation expiry
7 December 2016
Consultation end
1 December 2016
Neighbour consultation end
1 December 2016
Target decision date
5 January 2017
Permission expires
23 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashby Design Limited
Agent address
13 Arm & Sword Lane Old Hatfield AL9 5EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
7 December 2016

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: United Reformed ChurchOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Majenta House Coptfold Road Brentwood CM14 4BSRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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