1 & 2 Mays Cottages North Hill Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4TF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00838/FUL Approved
Change of useExtensions & alterationsNew homes

Proposal

Conversion of Nos. 1 and 2 May Cottages to form a single dwellinghouse, including the formation of an internal connecting doorway. Alterations to fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Jul 2026
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Approved
1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Little Baddow (North Hill) Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Danbury built-up area; Priority habitat about 30 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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 4TF
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision date
1 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 6 days faster than Chelmsford's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 69% of changes of use here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
68decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 4 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15033672
Planning Portal ref
PP-15033672
Comments by
14 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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