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26/00274/FUL Refused

Proposal

Material change of use of land for the stationing of 1 caravan for residential purposes and 2 touring caravans, the erection of an ancillary dayroom, and the laying of associated hardstanding, parking and refuse store Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:50

Application progress

✓

Received

20 May 2026

✗

Refused

7 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 7 Aug 2026 · Last checked 10 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 2

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: CM2 8UF
Received: 20 May 2026
Validated: 20 May 2026
Target decision: 7 Aug 2026
Decision date: 7 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 79 days from validation, 23 days slower than Chelmsford's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 31% of changes of use here are.

This one79d

Council56d

UK56d

57%decided within 8 weeks

69%approved

68decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Chelmsford in the last twelve months, from validation. Chelmsford decision record →

Public comments

34comments received

34 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 10 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14747011
Planning Portal ref: PP-14747011
Comments by: 3 Jul 2026

Chelmsford

Planning Authority Score

7.4/10

Good

#45 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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