10 Park Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1NF

1. 1.Reason 1 The National Planning Policy Framework 2024 (NPPF) gives significant weight to good design. Paragraph 135 (c) of the NPPF states that planning decisions should ensure that developments amongst other matters "are sympathetic to local character and history, including the surrounding built environment and landscape setting". Paragraph 139 of the NPPF states that development that is not well designed should be refused, especially where it fails to reflect local design policies and government guidance on design. Planning Policy DM23 of the Chelmsford Local Plan states that planning permission will be granted for development that respects the character and appearance of the area in which it is located. Development must be compatible with its surroundings having regard to scale, siting, form, architecture, materials, boundary treatments and landscape. The design of all new buildings and extensions must be of high quality, well proportioned, have visually coherent elevations, active elevations and create safe, accessible and inclusive environments. Policy DM23 is supported by design guidance in the Council's Making Places Supplementary Planning Document. The proposed design creates considerable disharmony with the street by reason of its roof form and size, prominence and features of the design which exacerbate the building’s prominence within the street, incongruous form and character of architecture and poorly contextualised materials and their application as part of the design approach. The proposed extensions would not be in keeping with the host building, would be incongruous with the street attributes contributing to its character and the dominance of this building would harm legibility of the local area. The proposal conflicts with the design objectives set out in paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework. The proposals contrary to Policy DM23 of the Chelmsford Local Plan and Making Places SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

CM11 1NF

Application type

Full

Scale / size

Small

Validated

3 February 2026

Consultation expiry

6 March 2026

Consultation end

6 March 2026

Target decision date

31 March 2026

Statutory period

56 days

Planning Portal ID

PP-14647228

Documents

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