Land West Of Barbrook Way Priory Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex

25/01163/EIASOOutlineApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 December 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Screening opinion for up to 250 residential dwellings

Received: 5 August 2025
Council: Chelmsford City Council

ReceivedReceived5 Aug
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Aug
DecidedDecided23 Dec

Decided in 140 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land West Of Barbrook Way Priory Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex. Chelmsford has handled 370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. 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: 250

Planning application dates

Validated: 5 August 2025
Target decision date: 26 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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Associated applications

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5 Aug
Screening opinion for up to 250 residential dwellings
This applicationApprovedOutline25/01163/EIASO

Source: Chelmsford

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