Land North East Of Little Fields Danbury Chelmsford Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/01189/FUL Pending Consideration

Proposal

Proposed development of 9 Almshouses with associated open space and parking Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:22

Application progress

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Received

27 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 22 Oct 2026, from Chelmsford's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 29 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Also on the record

SSSI about 453 m away: Danbury Common SSSI; Inside the Danbury built-up area; Open access land about 27 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 27 Aug 2026
Target decision: 22 Oct 2026

Decision outlook

Day 43 of the 56-day target. Chelmsford usually decides new homes by day 56.

prediction

Day 4313 days to the 56-day target

51%decided within 8 weeks

71%approved

97decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15186856
Planning Portal ref: PP-15186856
Comments by: 29 Sept 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