The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Little Leighs Chelmsford Essex CM3 1PB
Approved on 20 October 2026
Proposal
T1 - Mulberry - Reduce by up to 2m - Reason: To maintain the size, to prevent it becoming top heavy.
- Received
- 14 September 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 6 November 2026
- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- ReceivedReceived14 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Sep
- Consult.Consultation15 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Oct
Decided in 36 days
About this application
This is a planning application at The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Little Leighs Chelmsford Essex CM3 1PB. Chelmsford has handled 5,270 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,982 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CM3 1PB
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 September 2026
- Consultation end
- 15 October 2026
Site constraints
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 (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.
Source: Chelmsford
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