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Bluebell Barn Graces Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4AY

26/00813/FULApproved

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Permission with Conditions22 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of the existing barn and its replacement with a self-build dwelling

Received
18 June 2026
Ward
Southam West
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 44 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Bluebell Barn Graces Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4AY. Chelmsford has handled 5,270 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 5 weeks longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,981 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM3 4AY
Parish
Southam

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Consultation end
21 August 2026
Target decision date
23 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Caroline Whitfield

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Sep

    Condition 4 - Contamination Condition 11 - Construction Environmental (ecological) Management Plan (CEMP)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00813/DOC/1
  2. 2026
    18 Jun

    Demolition of the existing barn and its replacement with a self-build dwelling

    This applicationApprovedApplication26/00813/FUL

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    3 Nov

    Erection of agricultural barn

    PendingApplication26/01491/AG

Source: Chelmsford

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