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The Castle Main Road Great Leighs Chelmsford Essex CM3 1NE

26/00858/LBCApproved

Approved on 21 August 2026

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

Proposal

Re-painting of exterior elevations, exterior lighting and scheme of advertisements.

Received
29 June 2026
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Castle Main Road Great Leighs Chelmsford Essex CM3 1NE. Chelmsford has handled 5,276 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,984 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM3 1NE

Planning application dates

Validated
29 June 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Land North of 64 Main Road Great Leighs 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 (22)

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 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.

Source: Chelmsford

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