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220 Moulsham Street Chelmsford CM2 0LR

26/00638/CUPAMAApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 July 2026

7 conditions

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

Proposal

Determination as to whether the prior approval of the local authority is required for the change of use of Class E space to form 41 apartments.

Received
15 May 2026
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 67 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 220 Moulsham Street Chelmsford CM2 0LR. Chelmsford has handled 5,270 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelmsford Baddow Road and River Can conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 754 applications in total for the CM2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM2 0LR
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
41

Planning application dates

Validated
15 May 2026
Consultation expiry
3 July 2026
Consultation end
3 July 2026
Target decision date
10 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14937815
Documents
23

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Chelmsford Baddow Road And River Can Conservation Area
  • Brownfield land register: 220 Moulsham Street ChelmsfordRegister site at or near this address · +2 more

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 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.

© 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.

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    3 Sep

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  2. 2026
    15 May

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