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1 Hawthorn Cottages Mashbury Road Chignal Smealy Chelmsford Essex CM1 4TE

25/01495/FULFullApproved

Approved on 26 January 2026

9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the existing ground floor side extension, outbuildings and allotment enclosure. Construction of a two-storey side extension, rear conservatory, new front porch and a double garage. Formation of new access.

Received
2 December 2025
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 1 Hawthorn Cottages Mashbury Road Chignal Smealy Chelmsford Essex CM1 4TE. 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. 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 4TE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 January 2026
Consultation end
9 January 2026
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13707625
Documents
9

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.

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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