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Hainault Cottage Hainault Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6YR

26/00040/HOUSEHouseholderApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single storey rear extension. Conversion of the existing garage to annexe. Single storey front porch extension. First floor side extension including front and rear dormers. Alterations to fenestration.

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Purleigh
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Hainault Cottage Hainault Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6YR. Maldon has handled 719 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Maldon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Purleigh. We hold 2,981 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Maldon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM3 6YR
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Fambridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
26 January 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026
Permission expires
27 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
11 Purvis Way Highwoods Colchester CO4 9FN

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlie Mumford
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2026
Site notice start
5 March 2026
Site notice end
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14636634

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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: Maldon

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