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12-14 School Road Downham Billericay Essex CM11 1QU

23/01291/OUTOutlineRefused
Reserved matters

Refused on 27 October 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for the demolition of existing commercial properties and redevelopment of 5 residential dwellings. Access, scale and layout being sought. Appearance and landscaping reserved matters.

Received
11 August 2023
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 12-14 School Road Downham Billericay Essex CM11 1QU. Chelmsford has handled 370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,740 applications in total for the CM11 postcode area.

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

Postcode
CM11 1QU
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
11 September 2023
Consultation end
11 September 2023
Target decision date
6 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12359222
Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Chelmsford
  • Brownfield land register: 12-14 School Road Downham Billericay ChelmsfordRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Jun

    Application for reserved matters relating to 24/00890/OUT

    PendingReserved matters26/00789/REM

Source: Chelmsford

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