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21 Dunn Side Chelmsford CM1 1DL

26/00027/FULFullApproved

Approved on 4 March 2026

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Proposal

Change of use of former water tower from community use (Class F) to office use (Class E)

Received
7 January 2026
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 21 Dunn Side Chelmsford CM1 1DL. Chelmsford has handled 1,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1DL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14601854
Documents
13

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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 Jan

    Change of use of former water tower from community use (Class F) to office use (Class E)

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00027/FUL
  2. 2026
    7 Jan

    Change of use of former water tower from community use (Class F) to office use (Class E)

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongside26/00028/LBC

Source: Chelmsford

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