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26/01059/FUL Pending Consideration
DemolitionNew homesTrees & landscaping

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 3 dwellings with associated landscaping and parking. New private internal road to allow access to proposed dwellings. Widening of existing highway and kerb realignment to allow for increased visibility splays and access to the site. Proposed new footpath connection/route. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 66.

The consultation period closed on 21 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2
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.
Public footpath about 26 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
National infrastructure project about 756 m away: Longfield Solar Farm
The site is about 756 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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, 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.

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Important details

Council
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM3 3PS
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
4 Aug 2026
Target decision
29 Sept 2026

Decision outlook

Day 66, past the statutory target. 96% of demolitions in Chelmsford are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 3 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 6610 days past the 56-day target
62%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
123decided in the last year

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

Public comments

7comments received
7 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15132042
Planning Portal ref
PP-15132042
Comments by
21 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022
Chelmsford Garden Community Pratts Farm Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex
Stage 1 Masterplan.
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2022
Chelmsford Garden Community Pratts Farm Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex
Stage 1 Masterplan.
22/00001/MAS
2022 Approved
Peverels Farm Domsey Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PS
Condition 5 - Large scale drawings.
21/01718/DOC/1
2022 Approved
Peverels Farm Domsey Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PS
Condition 5 - Large scale drawings.
21/01718/DOC/1
2021 Approved
Peverels Farm Domsey Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PS
Condition 3 - materials
20/01359/DOC/1
2021
Maleg Domsey Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PS
First floor side extension with single storey front porch and garage conversion to habita…
21/00426/FUL
2019 Approved
Kepouroikos Domsey Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PS
Single storey rear extension and first floor extension with raising of the roof.
19/02077/FUL
2019 Approved
Kepouroikos Domsey Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PS
Single storey rear extension and first floor extension with raising of the roof.
19/02077/FUL
2019 Approved
Sherwood Domsey Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PS
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16/00548/NMAT/1
2019 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2016 Approved
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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%).

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