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Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex

Granted Chelmsford 25/00260/FUL Full

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing 3 No. commercial units and proposal of 2 No. new 4 and 5-bedroom dwellings with associated carport. Proposed post and rail fencing.

As published by the council, reference 25/00260/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/00260/FUL
Type
Full
Status
Application Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
21 Feb 2025
Decided
17 Apr 2025

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/01130/FUL Awaiting decision

    Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex

    Construction of entrance gates to the site.

    Submitted 23 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • 25/00260/NMAT/2 Granted

    Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex

    Non-material amendment to planning permission - 25/00260/S73 (Proposed demolition of existing 3 No. commercial units and proposal of 2 No. new 4 and 5-bedroom dwellings with associated carport. Proposed post and rail fencing) Removal of Condition 5 which relates to habitat management and monitoring plans

    Decided 14 Aug 2026
  • 25/00260/NMAT/1 Granted

    Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex

    Non-material amendment to planning permission - 25/00260/FUL (Proposed demolition of existing 3 No. commercial units and proposal of 2 No. new 4 and 5-bedroom dwellings with associated carport. Proposed post and rail fencing.) Amend the wording of condition 17

    Decided 17 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 25/00260/DOC/1 Split decision

    Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex

    Condition 3 - Contamination, Condition 4 - Biodiversity Net Gain Plan, Condition 5 - Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan, Condition 6 - External materials, Condition 9 - Hard and Soft Landscaping, Condition 12 - Boundary treatments, Condition 13 - Details of the collection point for refuse and recyclable materials, Condition 14 - Drawing no. 3191/12 Rev D for cars to be parked and for vehicles to turn, Condition 15 - ACJ Preliminary Ecological Assessment dated January 2025, Condition 16 - External lighting

    Decided 30 Jun 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 17 Apr 2025

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 25/00260/NMAT/1 Granted

    Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex

    Non-material amendment to planning permission - 25/00260/FUL (Proposed demolition of existing 3 No. commercial units and proposal of 2 No. new 4 and 5-bedroom dwellings with associated carport. Proposed post and rail fencing.) Amend the wording of condition 17

    Decided 17 Jun 2026 Conditions

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

22 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Chelmsford granted permission on 17 April 2025, 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.

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Nearby applications

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  • Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex

    25/00260/NMAT/1 Submitted 5 May 2026 50 yards away

    Non-material amendment to planning permission - 25/00260/FUL (Proposed demolition of existing 3 No. commercial units and proposal of 2 No. new 4 and 5-bedroom dwellings with associated carport. Proposed post and rail fencing.) Amend the wording of condition 17

    Granted Conditions Demolition 4 docs
  • Wood Farm Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex CM11 1JZ

    24/00709/CLEUD Submitted 23 May 2024 50 yards away

    Certificate of lawfulness to regularise the use of the site for commercial purposes for the past 20 years

    Refused Amendments 9 docs
  • Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex CM11 1JZ

    22/01915/FUL Submitted 15 Nov 2022 50 yards away

    Raise roof to create first floor extension, with dormers to front and additional windows to side elevations.

    Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 7 docs
  • Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Chelmsford CM11 1JZ

    20/00501/FUL Submitted 23 Mar 2020 50 yards away

    Proposed first floor extension

    Granted Full applications Extension 7 docs
  • Hawklodge Farm Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex CM11 1JZ

    18/01943/FUL Submitted 29 Nov 2018 200 yards away

    Proposed cartlodge with hobby room

    Refused Full applications 8 docs
  • Smithfield Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex CM11 1JZ

    18/00044/MAT/1 Submitted 1 Nov 2018 250 yards away

    Variation of Condition 2 of the planning permission reference: 18/00044/FUL (Change of use of buildings B and C to form 1x three-bedroom property, with the creation of a single-storey glazed link between buildings B and C; elevational changes, the use of building E for garaging and ancillary domestic storage and demolition of buildings A, D, F and H) alterations to the roof, change of the materials and alterations to fenestration.

    Refused Conditions Demolition Windows or glazing 6 docs
    Small domestic

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