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Suite 1 Perception House 50B Duke Street Chelmsford Essex CM1 1JA

24/01509/FULFullApproved

Approved on 15 January 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from commercial office to small 4 bed HMO (Class C4). Minor changes to an internal courtyard elevation. Alterations to the courtyard to allow for bin store, bike store and amenity space.

Received
21 November 2024
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.21 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Suite 1 Perception House 50B Duke Street Chelmsford Essex CM1 1JA. Chelmsford has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 978 applications in total for the CM1 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
CM1 1JA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
21 November 2024
Consultation expiry
21 January 2025
Consultation end
21 January 2025

Appeal history

3361626
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 August 2025Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13398905
Documents
21

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.

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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 Aug

    Condition 3 - Details of the facilities for the storage of refuse and recyclable materials, Condition 5…

    ConditionsDischarge of conditions24/01509/DOC/1
  2. 2024
    21 Nov

    Change of use from commercial office to small 4 bed HMO (Class C4). Minor changes to an internal courtyard…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/01509/FUL

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