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85/0917/S73 Pending Consideration

Proposal

Variation of condition 20 to approved planning application (Retail shopping centre, public house, restaurant, flat, wine bar, cinemas and small office suite with servicing and car parking and access thereto Class E(d) use to enable occupation as a gym. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 05:10

Application progress

✓

Received

15 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 10 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 10 Dec 2026.

Comments are open until 17 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 6

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Scheduled monument about 108 m away: Moulsham Bridge

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Conservation area about 54 m away: Chelmsford Baddow Road And River Can Conservation Area; 11 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Flood defence about 27 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood); Inside the Chelmsford built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt

Checked on 28 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: CM2 6BH
Received: 15 Oct 2026
Validated: 15 Oct 2026
Target decision: 10 Dec 2026

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15211957
Planning Portal ref: PP-15211957
Comments by: 17 Nov 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

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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