1 Rainsford Road Chelmsford CM1 2PZ

25/01114/ADVAdvertisingApproved

Advertisement consent

Approved on 9 October 2025

6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Proposed Illuminated Signage to existing building.

Received: 15 August 2025
Council: Chelmsford City Council

ReceivedReceived15 Aug
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation3 Oct
TargetTarget Date10 Oct
DecidedDecided9 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 1 Rainsford Road Chelmsford CM1 2PZ. Chelmsford has handled 114 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 978 applications in total for the CM1 postcode area.

77% of advertising 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 2PZ
Application type: Advertising
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 15 August 2025
Consultation expiry: 3 October 2025
Consultation end: 3 October 2025
Target decision date: 10 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal history

6009023

Allowed

Type: Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 August 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14203801
Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Chelmsford West End Conservation AreaPart of the site
Heritage at Risk Register: West EndPart of the site
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.

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Source: Chelmsford

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