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Unit 3 Riverside Retail Park 35 Victoria Road Chelmsford CM1 1AN

25/01770/SUPAApproved

Approved on 13 February 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Install a 80kw Solar PV system on the roof of the food warehouse (Iceland) Chelmsford.

Received
22 December 2025
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Unit 3 Riverside Retail Park 35 Victoria Road Chelmsford CM1 1AN. Chelmsford has handled 5,270 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 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.

Application details

Postcode
CM1 1AN
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2026
Consultation end
6 February 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14059323
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Chelmer Valley RiversidePart of the site

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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