Planning application
Clever Clogs Day Nursery Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Internal and external alterations and refurbishment to building, and removal of a modern section of brickwork to the historic gateway on Library Hill to provide a viewing panel
As published by the council, reference 25/01344/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01344/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 24 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 24 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 5 May 2026
- Ward
- Brentwood South
- Decision by
- Delegated Decisions
- Postcode
- CM14 4BL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Brentwood register
This site has had 5 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 2 refused.
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25/01344/COND/1 Granted
Clever Clogs Day Nursery Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BL
Discharge of Condition 3 (Details of new external pipes, new grilles, roof cowls and roof tile vents) of application 25/01344/LBC (Internal and external alterations and refurbishment to building, and removal of a modern section of brickwork to the historic gateway on Library Hill to provide a viewing panel).
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25/01343/FUL Granted
Clever Clogs Day Nursery Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BL
Construction of bin and buggy store, internal and external alterations and refurbishment to building, exterior painting of outbuilding with new external ventilation grilles, and removal of a modern section of brickwork to the historic gateway on Library Hill to provide a viewing panel
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24/00230/LBC Refused
Clever Clogs Day Nursery Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BL
Construction of single storey side extension (following demolition of existing boiler room and WC), improvements to existing front porch on the northern elevation. Fenestration alterations and other external alterations and refurbishment.
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24/00229/FUL Refused
Clever Clogs Day Nursery Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BL
Construction of single storey side extension (following demolition of existing boiler room and WC) and bin and buggy store, improvements to existing front porch on the northern elevation. Fenestration alterations and other external alterations and refurbishment.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Nov 2025
Received by Brentwood
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5 May 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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25/01344/COND/1 Granted
Clever Clogs Day Nursery Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BL
Discharge of Condition 3 (Details of new external pipes, new grilles, roof cowls and roof tile vents) of application 25/01344/LBC (Internal and external alterations and refurbishment to building, and removal of a modern section of brickwork to the historic gateway on Library Hill to provide a viewing panel).
- Application: 24/00229/FUL (Refused)
- Application: 24/00230/LBC (Refused)
- Application: 25/01343/FUL (Approved)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Verve Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London
Active · incorporated 2018 · London
45 applications on PlanIndex · across 22 councils · 84% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordBright Horizons Family Solutions Limited Applicant, registered in Northampton
Active · incorporated 1988 · Northampton
5 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- REVISED 102.01 /16 PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- REVISED 102 /16 PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- REVISED 105.1 /16PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 2
- REVISED 105 /16 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 1
- REVISED 109 /16 PROPOSED SITE, ROOF PLAN AND ENTRANCE ATES
- HISTORIC BUILDINGS
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- SCHEDULE OF WORKS
- 101.1 EXISTING GROUND FLOOR
- 101.4 EXISTING FIRST FLOOR
- 101.6 EXISTING ELEVATIONS SHEET 1
- 101.7 EXISTING ELEVATIONS SHEET 2
- 101.9 EXISTING BLOCK AND SITE
- 102.1 PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR
- 102 PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- 105.1 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 2
- 105 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 1
- 109 PROPOSED BLOCK, ROOF AND ENTRANCE GATES
- 110 PROPOSED BIN & BUGGY STORE
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Brentwood granted permission on 5 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About heritage and listed building applications
Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Granted Full applications 23 docs -
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Construction of single storey side extension (following demolition of existing boiler room and WC) and bin and buggy store, improvements to existing front porch on the northern elevation. Fenestration alterations and other external alterations and refurbishment.
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Discharge of Condition 3 (Details of new external pipes, new grilles, roof cowls and roof tile vents) of application 25/01344/LBC (Internal and external alterations and refurbishment to building, and removal of a modern section of brickwork to the historic gateway on Library Hill to provide a viewing panel).
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