The Beaulieu Park School Armistice Avenue Chelmsford Garden Community Chelmsford CM1 6DT Data via plota.co.uk

24/00792/DOC/4 Approved

Proposal

Condition 5 - Boundary Treatments, Condition 6 - Facilities for storage or refuse or recycling, Condition 7 - Hard and soft landscaping, Condition 9 - Details of cycle parking, Condition 10 - EV Charging points Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Apr 2026
✓
Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Last checked 20 Sept 2026

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1354 m away: A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Scheme; Inside the Chelmsford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM1 6DT
Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
28 Apr 2026
Target decision
23 Jun 2026
Decision date
17 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 142 days from validation, 86 days slower than Chelmsford's median of 56 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 81% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
28decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Chelmsford in the last twelve months, from validation. Chelmsford decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 20 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Jun 2026
Chelmsford
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#45 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Chelmsford is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #23 out of 296. Only 21% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Chelmsford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #167 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #188 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #23 of 296
21%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #19 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
164 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,304
Total decisions
168 refused in the year to March 2026