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98 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AP

25/01209/PNCOUPrior Notification Change of useApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval is required/Given2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification under schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use to part of the existing Office building (Class E) into residential (Class C3) on first and second floors to create 4 self contained residential flats. Determination of whether Prior Approval is required concerning: (a) Transport and Highways impacts of the development; (b) Contamination risks on the site; (c) Flooding risks on the site; (d) Impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development and (e) Impact on character or sustainability of the conservation area; (f) Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.

Received
27 October 2025
Public comments
3
Ward
Brentwood South
Agent
Stone Me Ltd
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 98 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AP. Brentwood has handled 167 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Brentwood Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4AP
Application type
Prior Notification Change of use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025
Consultation end
17 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2025
Target decision date
30 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stone Me Ltd
Architect profile
STONE ME LIMITED
Agent address
5 Fountain Lane Hockley SS5 4ST United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
64 days

Publicity

Site notice end
19 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14427398
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Brentwood Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Gardeners Arms InnOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Chatham Way/Crown Street Car Park, BrentwoodRegister 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 (19)

flood storage 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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