Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chelmsford City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
465 approved · 94 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Blakeswood Hill Parsonage Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4SU
Received 6 Aug 2026Fabbro Manor Goatsmoor Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex CM4 9RS
Received 4 Sept 2026King Edward VI School Broomfield Road Chelmsford CM1 3SX
Received 6 Aug 202666 St Lukes Way Wickford SS11 7GE
Received 6 Aug 2026The Beaulieu Park School Armistice Avenue Chelmsford Garden Community Chelmsford CM1 6DT
Received 21 Aug 202639 Church Green Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7BD
Received 10 Aug 2026Land South Of 56 Well Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex
Received 27 Aug 202650 Hillary Close Chelmsford Essex CM1 7RP
Received 29 Sept 2026Street Record Northumberland Court Chelmer Village Chelmsford Essex
Received 20 Aug 2026Land North West Of 150 Mill Road Stock Ingatestone
Received 13 Aug 2026Rectory Lane Car Park East Rectory Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 1RF
Received 11 Aug 20269 Hyde Green Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4QU
Received 6 Aug 2026Sundayville Lynfords Drive Runwell Wickford Essex SS11 7PP
Received 6 Aug 202638 Brock Hill Runwell Wickford SS11 7NJ
Received 24 Aug 2026New Hall School The Avenue Boreham Chelmsford CM3 3HS
Received 6 Aug 2026Barn West Of Fultons Farm House Lodge Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex
Received 10 Aug 2026RSPCA 178 Moulsham Street Chelmsford CM2 0LD
Received 11 Aug 2026RSPCA 178 Moulsham Street Chelmsford CM2 0LD
Received 11 Aug 2026Former Moulsham Lodge Community Centre Waltham Glen Chelmsford
Received 28 Aug 20263 Connaught Drive South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5LU
Received 26 Aug 2026Land Rear Of 132 Brock Hill Runwell Wickford
Received 11 Aug 2026636 - 642 Galleywood Road Chelmsford Essex CM2 8BY
Received 12 Aug 2026Morels Holybread Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BP
Received 18 Aug 2026Hedgerows South Street Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 1DP
Received 7 Aug 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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