3 Fitch Close Chelmsford Garden Community Chelmsford CM1 6DA Data via plota.co.uk

26/00452/FUL Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Retrospective application for the removal of soft landscaping and it's replacement with permeable gravel pebbles. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Approved
22 Jul 2026

Approved on 22 Jul 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

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Associated applications 2

  • FullApproved26/00452/FULThis application
    Retrospective application for the removal of soft landscaping and it's replacement with permeable gravel pebbles.

    Conditions 1 discharged

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1704 m away: Longfield Solar Farm; Inside the Chelmsford built-up area; 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 · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £690,000 in December 2019. Terraced house, freehold.

16 December 2019£690,000New build

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

Building

Floor area234 m² (2,519 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (86 out of 100)
PropertyMid-terrace house
Built2019
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.17 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM1 6DA
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision date
22 Jul 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 15 days slower than Chelmsford's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
231decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 19 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14802637
Planning Portal ref
PP-14802637
Comments by
10 Jul 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
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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.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.