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Library House New Road Brentwood Essex

17/01786/PNCOUPrior Notification Change of useWithdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn on 20 December 2017

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

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Proposal

Prior Approval Notification Class O - Change of use of Offices (Class B1A) to residential (Class C3) to provide 55 self contained flats.

Received
7 November 2017
Public comments
2
Ward
Brentwood South
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Library House New Road Brentwood Essex. Brentwood has handled 167 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 43 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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.

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

Application type
Prior Notification Change of use
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
55

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2017
Consultation expiry
13 December 2017
Consultation end
6 December 2017
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2017
Target decision date
2 January 2018
Permission expires
20 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
5 Bolton Street London W1J 8BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
13 December 2017

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Library House New Road BrentwoodRegister site at or near this address · +2 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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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