Planning application
Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed new 1.8m green mesh security fencing
As published by the council, reference 26/01406/CLOPUD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01406/CLOPUD
- Category
- Lawful development
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Validated
- 15 Oct 2026
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register
This site has had 6 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01130/FUL Awaiting decision
Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex
Construction of entrance gates to the site.
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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
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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
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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
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25/00260/FUL Granted
Land At Quiet Ways Hawkswood Road Downham Billericay Essex
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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Chelmsford took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 24/00709/CLEUD (Application Refused)
- Application: 24/01467/CLEUD (Application Permitted)
- Application: 25/00260/DOC/1 (Split Decision)
- Application: 25/00260/FUL (Application Permitted)
- Application: 25/00260/NMAT/1 (Application Permitted)
- Application: 25/00260/NMAT/2 (Application Permitted)
- Application: 25/00260/S73 (Application Permitted)
- Application: 26/01130/FUL (Pending Consideration)
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Chelmsford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chelmsford decided lawful development applications in a median of 54 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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