63 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HG
Refused on 31 January 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Outline application for the demolition of existing dwelling and construction of 2 x 1 no. bedroom, 6 x 2 no. bedroom and 1 x 3 no. bedroom residential apartments (appearance and landscaping reserved matters)
- Received
- 16 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 66
- Council
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Ward
- Shenfield
- Agent
- John Finch Partnership
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date31 Jan
- DecidedDecided31 Jan
Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at 63 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HG. Brentwood has handled 303 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Brentwood's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Shenfield. We hold 783 applications in total for the CM15 postcode area.
90% of outline applications at Brentwood Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The proposed development due to its layout and scale with limited space for any meaningful soft landscaping would result in a development that would appear out of keeping and have a materially harmful impact upon the character, appearance and visual amenity of the area contrary to local plan policies HP03, BE14 and NE07 of the adopted Brentwood Local Plan as well as the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The proposal would lead to the intensification of vehicle accesses onto Priests Lane where vehicles entering and exiting the accesses would be in direct conflict with each other and would result in an unacceptable degree of hazard to all road users to the detriment of highway safety contrary to policies BE09 and BE12 of the adopted Brentwood Local Plan as well as the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The proposed development would result in insufficient provision of on-site car parking which is likely to result in on-street parking to the detriment of pedestrian and highway safety and the free flow of traffic within the area contrary to policies BE09, BE12, BE13 and BE14 of the adopted Brentwood Local Plan as well as the National Planning Policy Framework.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CM15 8HG
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 12 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Finch Partnership
- Architect profile
- JOHN FINCH PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Agent address
- 88 Broomfield Road Chelmsford CM1 1SS United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 137 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 16 October 2024
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13271198
- Documents
- 49
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Brentwood
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