Land East Of Chalk Street Rettendon Chelmsford Essex

26/00540/FULApproved

Approved on 25 September 2026

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

Proposal

Change of use of the land to keeping of horses, and the erection of stables ancillary to that use. Creation of new access.

Received: 5 May 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Council: Chelmsford City Council

ReceivedReceived5 May
ValidatedValidated5 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided25 Sep

Decided in 143 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land East Of Chalk Street Rettendon Chelmsford Essex. Chelmsford has handled 5,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 13 weeks longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelmsford Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 978 applications in total for the CM1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: CM1 1EQ

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 May 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Chelmsford Central Conservation Area
Listed building: Grade II*: Shire HallOn or next to this site
Brownfield land register: 95 High Street ChelmsfordRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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.

Associated applications

2026
3 Nov
Condition 3 - Boundary treatments Condition 4 - Large Scale Drawings - Windows Condition 6 - Soft landscaping…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/00540/DOC/1
2026
5 May
Change of use of the land to keeping of horses, and the erection of stables ancillary to that use. Creation…
This applicationApprovedApplication26/00540/FUL

Source: Chelmsford

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