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Leighs Hall Farm Church Lane Little Leighs Chelmsford Essex CM3 1PQ

26/00485/AGOtherApproved

Approved on 1 May 2026

Proposal

A general machinery store extension.

Received
13 April 2026
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Leighs Hall Farm Church Lane Little Leighs Chelmsford Essex CM3 1PQ. Chelmsford has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1PQ
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
13 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14822626
Documents
10

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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