Bridge Cottage Southend Road Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7AD Data via plota.co.uk

26/00595/FUL Refused
Commercial & major worksUtility infrastructureCommercial premises

Proposal

Construction of hard standing to accommodate the secure overnight parking of 3 rigid chassis bulk carrying heavy goods vehicles. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jun 2026
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Refused
14 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 14 Sept 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

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.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 30 m away: Deciduous woodland; Green belt about 69 m away: London.
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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £767,000 in March 2024. Detached house, freehold.

27 March 2024£767,000
5 April 2004£375,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM2 7AD
Received
8 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Target decision
3 Aug 2026
Decision date
14 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 98 days from validation, 42 days slower than Chelmsford's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Refused, as 33% of commercial and major works here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
32decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 19 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
EM-2600595
Comments by
10 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Construction of hard standing to accommodate the secure parking of 3 rigid chassis bulk c…
25/00995/FUL
2021 Approved
Demolition of 2 precast garages. Construction of new double garage.
21/00154/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Gatesgarth Ladywell Lane Sandon Chelmsford Essex CM2 7AE
First floor side and front, two storey side and single storey rear extension, replacement…
23/00666/FUL
2023 Approved
Gatesgarth Ladywell Lane Sandon Chelmsford Essex CM2 7AE
First floor side and front, two storey side and single storey rear extension, replacement…
23/00666/FUL
2020 Refused
Site West Of Gatesgarth Ladywell Lane Sandon Chelmsford Essex
Erection of one new detached 5 bedroom dwelling.
20/00170/FUL
2020 Refused
Site West Of Gatesgarth Ladywell Lane Sandon Chelmsford Essex
Erection of one new detached 5 bedroom dwelling.
20/00170/FUL
2019 Refused
Land South Of Homecroft Southend Road Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex
Proposed bungalow with all associated works.
19/00388/FUL
2018 Refused
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Demolition of existing dwelling and replacing with 3 detached dwellings. Alterations to a…
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New single storey accessible bungalow to side garden. New proposed access.
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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%).

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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.