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Hanson Aggregates Ltd Bulls Lodge Quarry Generals Lane Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HR

25/01368/CMOtherApproved

Approved on 6 November 2025

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of part of inert waste recycling facility (as permitted by ESS/15/15/CHL) for the storage of road materials and retention of associated offices for a temporary period.

Received
18 September 2025
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Hanson Aggregates Ltd Bulls Lodge Quarry Generals Lane Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HR. Chelmsford has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 2,981 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

87% of all 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
CM3 3HR
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
18 September 2025
Target decision date
9 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chelmsford

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