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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.
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465 approved · 94 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maldon District Council Chelmsford Essex CM9 5DL
Received 24 Sept 2026Crondon Park Golf Club Stock Road Stock Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DP
Received 6 Oct 2026Highfields Farm Barn Highfields Mead East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8AW
Received 24 Sept 20261 Cathedral Walk Chelmsford Essex CM1 1NX
Received 24 Sept 20265 Guys Farm St Johns Green Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3GA
Received 24 Sept 202627 Broughton Road South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford CM3 5YX
Received 24 Sept 2026Holy Trinity Church Trinity Road Chelmsford Essex CM2 6HS
Received 25 Sept 2026Avoca Mill Lane Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1LX
Received 25 Sept 202672 Eastwood Park Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 8HF
Received 25 Sept 202654 Heath Road Ramsden Heath Billericay Essex CM11 1HS
Received 25 Sept 20266 Longstomps Avenue Chelmsford Essex CM2 9LA
Received 28 Sept 20267 Boreham Road Great Leighs Chelmsford CM3 1NH
Received 5 Oct 202617 Middlemead West Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 8UT
Received 28 Sept 2026St Marys Church Church Green Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7BD
Received 28 Sept 202653 Harold Gardens Runwell Wickford Essex SS11 7EP
Received 28 Sept 202635 Donald Way Chelmsford Essex CM2 9JD
Received 28 Sept 2026195A Hullbridge Road South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford CM3 5LW
Received 28 Sept 202611 Taffrail Gardens South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5WH
Received 9 Oct 2026Ashdale Hawk Hill Rettendon Wickford Essex SS11 7RJ
Received 30 Sept 2026Spring Cottage 47 School Road Downham Billericay Essex CM11 1QP
Received 30 Sept 2026Unit 2 19 Queen Elizabeth Ii Square South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5TD
Received 30 Sept 2026Unit 2 19 Queen Elizabeth II Square South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5TD
Received 30 Sept 2026Land Adjacent To Bungalow At Stock Hill Farm Stock Road Stock Ingatestone Essex
Received 1 Oct 2026Land At Tall Oaks Mayes Lane Sandon Chelmsford Essex
Received 1 Oct 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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