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The Brentwood Garden Centre Vicarage Close Brentwood Essex CM14 5GR

26/00449/S191Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Lawful

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the Existing Use or Operation or Activity for change of use of the site including the demolition of existing buildings and use of the land for storage and distribution (Use Class B8). Construction of a bin store/bike shed, vehicular entrance gate, enhance landscaping and perimeter fence, parking and pedestrian footpath on vicarage close. Demolition of existing buildings on site comprising a material operation.

Received
20 April 2026
Ward
Brizes, Stondon Massey And South Weald
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Brentwood Garden Centre Vicarage Close Brentwood Essex CM14 5GR. Brentwood has handled 167 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Brentwood's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Brizes, Stondon Massey And South Weald. 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 5GR
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2026
Target decision date
15 June 2026
Decision issued
18 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Quod
Agent address
21 Soho Square London W1D 3QP

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Daryl Cook
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14827016
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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.

Source: Brentwood

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