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Embers Fryerning Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0GF

25/01110/HHAHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 28 November 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Hipped to gable conversion with front and rear dormers, replacement of consevatory with tiled roof alterations to fenestration and changes to external material with render finish

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Ingatestone, Fryerning And Mountnessing
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Embers Fryerning Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0GF. Brentwood has handled 870 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Brentwood's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Ingatestone, Fryerning And Mountnessing. We hold 872 applications in total for the CM4 postcode area.

85% of full 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

  1. The proposed front and rear dormers are considered bulky and out of scale and proportion to the existing house by reason of there size and design and would relate poorly to the surrounding development and as such be harmful to the appearance of the dwelling and to the surrounding area. The proposal therefore represents poor design, failing to safeguard local distinctiveness. Furthermore, given the proximity of the proposed development to No 95 Fryerning Lane coupled with positioning of the larger rear dormers it is considered that the proposed development would represent an unneighbourly form of development creating an overbearing impact and material loss of privacy to the amenity areas serving the occupiers of No 95 contrary to policy BE14 of the Brentwood Local Plan and the NPPF.
  2. The development would result in material overshadowing of the PV solar panels located on the south/west facing roofslope of No. 95 Fryerning Lane reducing their effectiveness which is contrary to the clear drive for the planning system to support the transition to a low carbon future. In this case there are no mitigating factors to outweigh the material overshadowing of these PV solar panels and therefore the development is considered to be contrary to the aims and objectives of the Brentwood Borough Council, Town Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AY Brentwood Local Plan as well as Government Guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CM4 0GF
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ingatestone & Fryerning

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 November 2025
Consultation end
4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 November 2025
Target decision date
3 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
CODA Studios, 82 Countess Road Sheffield S1 4TE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Jane Lowe
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14359272
Documents
16
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Brentwood
  • 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, 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.

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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