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The Meadows Development Backnang Square Chelmsford Essex

24/01046/FULFullWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 8 December 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hybrid Planning Application consisting of: Detailed application to demolish existing buildings and structures for the phased construction of new retail, commercial and community space, public realm, temporary mobility hub and 537 homes. Outline application with all matter reserved (except for strategic access) for new retail and/or commercial and/or community space and permanent mobility hub with a floorspace of up to 449m2 (GIA) and new public realm and landscaping and up to 20,257m2 residential with an indicative capacity of 225 homes.

Received
15 August 2024
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 480 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Meadows Development Backnang Square Chelmsford Essex. Chelmsford has handled 1,088 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 480 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application at this address.

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

Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
537

Planning application dates

Validated
15 August 2024
Consultation expiry
20 September 2024
Consultation end
20 September 2024
Target decision date
5 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13249635
Documents
340

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hop Kiln and Office and Store at No 7On or next to this site
  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    15 Aug

    Hybrid Planning Application consisting of: Detailed application to demolish existing buildings and structures…

    This applicationWithdrawnFull24/01046/FUL
  2. 2024
    15 Aug

    Hybrid Planning Application consisting of: Detailed application to demolish existing buildings and structures…

    WithdrawnOutlineFiled alongside24/01046/OUT

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