The Meadows High Street Chelmsford
Approved on 28 June 2024
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Proposal
Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion request for development consisting of demolition of existing buildings and structures and the phased construction of mixed use development including upto 800 residential units (Use Class C3 dwellinghouses) and upto 15,000 square metres non residential use (Use Classes E/F1/F2 and Sui Generis - commercial, business and service, learning and non-residential, local community uses).
- Received
- 5 April 2024
- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- ReceivedReceived5 Apr
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation8 May
- TargetTarget Date10 May
- DecidedDecided28 Jun
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at The Meadows High Street Chelmsford. Chelmsford has handled 370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelmsford Baddow Road and River Can conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 800
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 5 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 8 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 10 May 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Chelmer And Blackwater Navigation Conservation AreaPart of the site · +2 more
- Brownfield land register: Meadows Shopping Centre and Meadows Surface Car ParkRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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 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.
Source: Chelmsford
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