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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Chelmsford City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chelmsford City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,058Searchable applications
305Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 559 approved or refused records
94Refused applications
465 approved · 94 refused · 13 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2025 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 10 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Find planning applicationsContact planning Contact Building Control onlineLocal plan Planning policy and Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildings
Council contacts
- General council enquiries01245606606Council source
- General council enquiries01245606294Council source
- General council enquiries01245606431Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas27 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas26 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Application Permitted26/00521/FUL
Part two storey, part first floor side/rear extension and single storey front porch, including alterations to the roof form. Alterations to fenestration.
134 Kings Road Chelmsford CM1 2BB
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00522/FUL
Proposed demolition of garage and construction of single storey front, side and part single part two storey rear extension. Alterations to roof over existing front bay window.
73 Maltese Road Chelmsford CM1 2PB
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00523/FUL
Change of Use from Office (Use Class E(g)(i)) to a flexible Learning and Non-residential Institution Use for the provision of education (Use Class F1(a)), Local Community Use (Use Class F2) and/or Office (Use Class E(g)(i)), including performing arts education and community hire for dance, drama, music and rehearsal activities, with no external alterations.
Coval Lane Building Phase 1 &2 Civic Centre Duke Street Chelmsford Essex
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Conditions Discharged25/00425/DOC/1
Condition 3 - Materials
100 The Street Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3NT
Received 1 May 2026 - Conditions Discharged25/00426/DOC/1
Condition 3 - Materials
100 The Street Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3NT
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted25/00661/NMAT/2
Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/00661/FUL (Addition of a fa�ade on the western side of the building, addition of a parking deck and ramp to the eastern side of the building, replacement roof and lift overrun, replacement of boundary treatments and associated external works) Operational doors on the east elevation to be re-sprayed in ultramarine blue.
Storage King Brook Street Chelmsford CM1 1UQ
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Application Refused26/00525/OUT
Outline application for the erection of up to 3 detached dwellings. All matters reserved.
Site At Byfield House Stock Road Stock Ingatestone Essex CM4 9QU
Received 5 May 2026 - Application Permitted26/00526/FUL
Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuilding. Erection of a replacement dwelling and garage with associated works
Sunrise Furze Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex CM4 9RW
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00527/CLEUD
Certificate of lawfulness to regularise the existing outbuilding as a self-contained dwelling.
Newlands Drakes Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3ND
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00528/CLEUD
Certificate of lawfulness to regularise the existing outbuilding as a self-contained dwelling.
Newlands Drakes Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3ND
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00529/CLEUD
Certificate of lawfulness to regularise the existing outbuilding as a self-contained dwelling and land as use as a garden.
Newlands Drakes Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3ND
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Conditions Discharged24/01773/DOC/4
Condition No.16 - Maintenance Plan and Condition No.19 - Surface Water Drainage Scheme
Priory Pet & Country Stores Horseshoe Farm Main Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4EX
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Split Decision25/01323/DOC/1
Condition 3 - Biodiversity Net Gain Plan, Condition 4 - Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan, Condition 5(a) - Contamination
Broomfield Service Station 48 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7EF
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00530/FUL
Proposed new roof to existing building
Robins And Day (Chelmsford) Ltd 7 Bilton Road Chelmsford CM1 2UP
Received 5 May 2026 - Application Refused26/00531/FUL
Demolition of an existing stable and menage and the erection of a single storey dwelling.
Land South West Of Briarbank Clatterford End Good Easter Chelmsford Essex
Received 6 May 2026 - Conditions Discharged26/00110/DOC/1
Condition 3 - Materials
31 Hatchfields Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 1AJ
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Conditions Refused25/00709/DOC/2
Condition 3 - Proprietary gas-impermeable membrane (methane and carbon dioxide)
27 Baden Powell Close Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7GA
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00532/CLEUD
Certificate of lawfulness to regularise the erection of barns on the site to accommodate feed for horses
Land East Of Barn Mead Galleywood Chelmsford Essex
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Application Refused25/01399/S73
Variation of conditions 2, 5, 6, 11 & 12 to approved planning application 25/01399/FUL (Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuilding and construction of a new replacement dwelling, garage building, and cycle/bin store) Relocation of garage and bin/cycle store, addition plant room to garage and small glass link from garage to dwelling, minor extension to bedroom 3, internal and external alterations.
Heathfield Dowsett Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex CM11 1JH
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00534/FUL
Demolition of garage. Proposed two storey side extension and part single, part two storey rear extension.
58 Longmead Avenue Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7EQ
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted26/00535/CLEUD
Certificate of lawfulness to regularise the existing use of the land and buildings for mixed E(g)(i) offices and B8 (Storage) use.
Newlands Drakes Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3ND
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Conditions Discharged26/00209/DOC/1
Condition 3 - Materials
143 Galleywood Road Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 8DR
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Split Decision24/00549/DOC/1
Condition 3 - Biodiversity Net Gain Plan, Condition 4 - Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (HMMP), Condition 11 - External Lighting Strategy for Biodiversity, Condition 13 - Phase 1 and Phase 2 Ground Investigation Reports & Remediation Method Statement (RMS)
Ambleside Park Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Application Refused26/00536/FUL
Proposed loft conversion including hip to gable alteration, front and rear facing dormers. Proposed porch and alterations to fenestration.
16 Paradise Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HP
Received 30 Apr 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chelmsford City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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