Pleshey Close Ingatestone, Brentwood
6 addresses across 1 postcode (CM4), about 50 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 4201241.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £975,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Brentwood costs £2,258 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ingatestone, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Hutton Country Park, is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 56 to 57 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The New Folly Surgery, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 21 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £975,000 | £975,000 | £975,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | £612,500 | £600,000 | £625,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jan 2024 | 10 CM4 9FY | Detached | £975,000 | New build. |
| 17 Nov 2023 | 6 CM4 9FY | Semi-detached | £600,000 | New build. |
| 3 Nov 2023 | 8 CM4 9FY | Semi-detached | £625,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 118 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2023 (5).
Council tax
What each band costs in Brentwood in 2026-27: Band D £2,258 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,505 | £1,756 | £2,007 | £2,258 | £2,760 | £3,262 | £3,764 | £4,516 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (36% of about 880 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 56 m and 57 m above sea level (56 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM4 9FY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ingatestone 779,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Shenfield 5.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Billericay 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Burnthouse Lane Mountnessing | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Community Hospital Shenfield | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Ingatestone Station (Hall Lane) Car Park | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 24.7 km (15 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 26.7 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The New Folly Surgery | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Shadforth Pharmaceutical Co LTD | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Start Smiling Dental Practice | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Mayflower Community Hospital | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Billericay Police Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Chelmsford Star Coop Ingatestone | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Hutton Country Park 35 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,430 m² | 260 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,890 m² | 280 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mountnessing Windmill, a listed building (Grade II*), 690 m (0.4 miles) west. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mountnessing Windmill | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Thoby Priory | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lodge Wood | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Kitchen Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Icehouse Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Fox Earth Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Harespring Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Barns Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 6 |
5 of the street's 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Brentwood: see them on the Brentwood page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountnessing Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ingatestone Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Burnthouse Lane (10); On or near Mountney Close (8); On or near Court View (2); On or near Roman Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 13% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- CM4 9FY: 6 addresses of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Barking Close · Edward Court · Buttsbury Drive · Heybridge Road · Canon Hudson Gardens · Dengie Gardens · Marie Court · Durham Crescent · Court View · Mountney Close · Ingatestone Bypass · Roman Road
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.