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Southwood House Woodhouse Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PW

22/01563/FULFullApproved

Approved on 24 October 2022

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of existing garage and retention of the existing side wall. Construction of a single storey side extension. New entrance porch. Internal alterations and installation of bi-fold doors to rear elevation and alterations to existing basement.

Received
1 September 2022
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at Southwood House Woodhouse Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PW. Chelmsford has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,982 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

85% of full 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

Postcode
CM3 3PW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2022
Consultation expiry
14 October 2022
Consultation end
14 October 2022
Target decision date
27 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3316237
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 November 2023Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11487837
Documents
8

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Chelmsford

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