3 Firs Drive Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3EF

26/01376/FULFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 17 September 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing detached garage and construction of a new single storey detached residential annex

Received: 27 October 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Council: Chelmsford City Council
Ward: Salford Priors & Alcester Rural

ReceivedReceived27 Oct
ValidatedValidated23 Jul
Consult.Consultation20 Nov
TargetTarget Date17 Sep
DecidedDecided17 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 3 Firs Drive Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3EF. Chelmsford has handled 7 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Salford Priors & Alcester Rural. We hold 978 applications in total for the CM1 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: CM1 3EF
Application type: Full Application
Parish: Arrow With Weethley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 July 2026
Consultation end: 20 November 2026
Target decision date: 17 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Sarah Leach

Additional information

Documents: 11

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.

Source: Chelmsford

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