Agricultural Building At Oak Lodge Farm Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex

19/02039/CUPAQOutlineRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 February 2020

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Proposal

Determination as to whether the prior approval of the local planning authority is required for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to one dwelling (class C3).

Received: 11 December 2019
Council: Chelmsford City Council

ReceivedReceived11 Dec
ValidatedValidated11 Dec
Consult.Consultation17 Jan
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided5 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Building At Oak Lodge Farm Leighams Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex. Chelmsford has handled 370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

67% of outline applications at Chelmsford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Outline
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 December 2019
Consultation expiry: 17 January 2020
Consultation end: 17 January 2020

Appeal

Appeal reference: 20/00050/REFUSE
Appeal status: Withdrawn
Appeal result: Appeal Withdrawn

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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