Land West Of Pitt Place Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00814/FUL Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Proposed Widening of the existing access, and minor associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jun 2026
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Refused
21 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 21 Aug 2026 · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Pitt Place, Grade II, about 41 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Chelmsford built-up area; Priority habitat about 32 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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.

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Important details

Council
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM2 7AA
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Jun 2026
Target decision
13 Aug 2026
Decision date
21 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 9 days slower than Chelmsford's median of 55 for extensions. Refused, as 12% of extensions here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
752decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14955941
Planning Portal ref
PP-14955941
Comments by
7 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Pitt Place Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7AA
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2024 Approved
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Removal of existing metal containers and replacement with proposed double garage
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2023 Approved
Pitt Place Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7AA
Removal of existing metal containers and replacement with proposed double garage
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2023 Approved
Pitt Place Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7AA
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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2017 Refused
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Two storey side extension
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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