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50B Duke Street Chelmsford Essex CM1 1JA

24/00355/CUPAMARefused
Prior approval

Refused on 7 May 2024

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Determination as to whether the prior approval of the local planning authority is required for change of use of existing building into a 5 bed HMO.

Received
15 March 2024
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 50B Duke Street Chelmsford Essex CM1 1JA. Chelmsford has handled 5,270 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelmsford West End conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 978 applications in total for the CM1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM1 1JA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
15 March 2024
Consultation expiry
16 April 2024
Consultation end
16 April 2024
Target decision date
10 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12834063
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chelmsford West End Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: War Memorial to the Front (North) of Civic CentreOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: West End
  • Brownfield land register: Suite 1 Perception House 50B Duke Street ChelmsfordRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chelmsford

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