Ongar Road, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15
Key Features
- Former Residential Planning Consent
- Alternative Uses Considered (STP)
Description
The property comprises a broadly rectangular site registered under Title No – EX229867. The site is accessed directly from Ongar Road via an access road which runs alongside the former nursery.
Location
The property known as ‘Oakwood' is located on the western side of Ongar Road (A128) to the rear of the former Straight Mile Nursery Garden Centre in the semi-rural village of Pilgrims Hatch. Approximately 2.5 miles north of Brentwood Town Centre. Brentwood Station serves the Great Eastern Main Line and is now part of the new Elizabeth Line . The M25 (J28) and A12 are within 10 minutes’ drive and the A127 within 15 minutes’ drive.
Terms
The property is offered freehold. Unconditional offers are sought.
Planning and Use
Planning permission was granted in 2017 (ref 16/01437/FUL) for the demolition of commercial buildings and the construction of 5 no dwellings with garages and associated landscaping.The development commenced but had not been built in accordance with the approved plans. The properties that were part built have now been demolished.
The site is currently vacant and any prospective purchaser is to satisfy themselves regarding planning and use.
Price
Offers in the region of £1,750,000, subject to contract.
VAT
Value added tax is not applicable to the purchase price
Legal Costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs
AMLR
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Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-03-31
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School606 metresOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 202
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Larchwood Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 420
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School1.6 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 147
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald1.7 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 454
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 173
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Secondary
- Becket Keys Church of England Free School1.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 1,152
- Type
- Free schools
- Faith
- Church of England
- Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School2.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 991
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Gender
- Girls
- Brentwood County High School2.5 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,097
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Shenfield High School2.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,528
- Type
- Academy converter
- Drapers' Academy2.7 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,196
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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