Site At Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00505/FUL Approved
New homes

Proposal

Erection of a chalet dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
3 Jul 2026

Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Last checked 13 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 259 m away: Hanningfield Reservoir SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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
CM3 8HJ
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Target decision
10 Jul 2026
Decision date
3 Jul 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 11 days slower than Chelmsford's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 71% of new homes here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
97decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Chelmsford in the last twelve months, from validation. Chelmsford decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

Last counted 13 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14867606
Planning Portal ref
PP-14867606
Comments by
15 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

24 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Non-material amendment to planning permission - 19/01629/FUL (Demolish existing detached…
19/01629/NMAT/2
2024 Refused
Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Non-material amendment for planning application 19/01629/FUL:- (Demolish existing detache…
19/01629/NMAT/1
2024 Refused
Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Non-material amendment for planning application 19/01629/FUL:- (Demolish existing detache…
19/01629/NMAT/1
2023 Refused
Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Proposed first floor side extension with addition of juliet balcony.
23/00701/FUL
2023 Refused
Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Proposed first floor side extension with addition of juliet balcony.
23/00701/FUL
2022 Approved
Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Condition 3 - Drawings & Sections showing finished levels
19/01629/DOC/1
2022 Approved
Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Condition 3 - Drawings & Sections showing finished levels
19/01629/DOC/1
2022 Refused
Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Demolish existing detached outbuilding and garage and construct a new dwelling.
22/01079/FUL
2022 Refused
Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Demolish existing detached outbuilding and garage and construct a new dwelling.
22/01079/FUL
2020 Refused
Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Proposed new car port
20/01220/CLOPUD
2020 Refused
Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Proposed new car port
20/01220/CLOPUD
2020 Refused
Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Proposed new car port with extension to existing driveway
20/00810/FUL
2019 Approved
Outbuildings At Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex
Demolish existing detached outbuilding and garage and construct new bungalow.
19/01629/FUL
2019 Approved
Outbuildings At Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex
Demolish existing detached outbuilding and garage and construct new bungalow.
19/01629/FUL
2018 Approved
Bojangles South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford CM3 8HJ
Retrospective planning application for the construction of a new dwelling
18/00609/FUL
2017 Approved
Land At Avete South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex
Reserved matters application pursuant to outline reference 14/00411/OUT (new dwelling) fo…
17/01494/REM
2017 Approved
Land At Avete South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex
Reserved matters application pursuant to outline reference 14/00411/OUT (new dwelling) fo…
17/01494/REM
2017 Approved
Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Construction of swimming pool and associated domestic plant
17/01670/FUL
2017 Approved
Whitedown South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Construction of swimming pool and associated domestic plant
17/01670/FUL
2017 Approved
Avete South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Two storey side extension and garage conversion.
17/00424/FUL
2016 Approved
Land At Avete South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex
Amendments to previous permission 15/00515/REM to increase width of proposed garage by 0…
15/00515/MAT
2016 Approved
Avete South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ
Two storey side extension and garage conversion.
16/01183/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
Land At Avete South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex
Non-material amendment to planning permission 15/00515/REM (Reserved matters application…
15/00515/NMAT/2
2016 Approved
Site At Hillcrest South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex
Proposed new two storey dwelling on land adjacent to Hillcrest.
16/00446/FUL
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings