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Highfield Resource Centre, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9AQ

CC/CHL/39/24Full Planning Application CCApproved
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Approved on 8 October 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of replacement heating plant (Air Source Heat Pumps).

Received
12 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chelmsford Central ED
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 85 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Highfield Resource Centre, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9AQ. Essex has handled 82 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 8 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelmsford New London Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 754 applications in total for the CM2 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Essex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM2 9AQ
Application type
Full Planning Application CC
Scale / size
Small
District
Chelmsford District

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2024
Consultation expiry
22 August 2024
Consultation start
30 July 2024
Consultation end
22 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Rivendell Centre White Horse Lane Maldon CM9 5QP

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chelmsford New London Road Conservation Area
  • Brownfield land register: Land Rear of Stuarts Moulsham StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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