37 The Arches Viaduct Road Chelmsford CM1 1TS

25/01104/FULFullApproved

Approved on 16 October 2025

Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from vacant premises (Class E) to a beer garden (Sui Generis).

Received: 20 August 2025
Council: Chelmsford City Council

ReceivedReceived20 Aug
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation3 Oct
TargetTarget Date15 Oct
DecidedDecided16 Oct

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 37 The Arches Viaduct Road Chelmsford CM1 1TS. Chelmsford has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1TS
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 20 August 2025
Consultation expiry: 3 October 2025
Consultation end: 3 October 2025
Target decision date: 15 October 2025
Permission expires: 14 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal history

6004242

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 June 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14200446
Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Chelmsford West End Conservation Area
Heritage at Risk Register: West End
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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.

Source: Chelmsford

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