5 Lionfield Cottages Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed detached double garage Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 31 Mar 2026 · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Site constraints 4
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £420,000 in April 2017. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2017, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Chelmsford
- Postcode
- CM3 3HQ
- Received
- 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target decision
- 6 Apr 2026
- Decision date
- 31 Mar 2026
How this decision compares
Decided in 50 days from validation, 5 days faster than Chelmsford's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 87% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Chelmsford in the last twelve months, from validation. Chelmsford decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14656839
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14656839
- Comments by
- 20 Mar 2026
Historical activity at this location
13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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