Planning application
Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of site to provide hotel (C1), office space (E(g)(i)) including workplace day childcare, restaurant (E(b)), and student accommodation (sui generis) with ancillary spaces. Erection of new pedestrian bridges, associated parking provision, infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping.
As published by the council, reference 25/00274/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00274/FUL
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 5 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 27 Nov 2025
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register
This site has had 7 applications since 2020: 6 approved, 0 refused.
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18/01326/DOC/10 Withdrawn
Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford
Condition 40 -Foul Water Drainage Strategy
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18/01326/DOC/9 Granted
Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford
Condition 38 - surface water drainage system
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18/01326/DOC/4 Granted
Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford
Condition 27 - Parking management strategy, Condition 33 - Electric vehicle charging points, Condition 36 - Confirmed management arrangement for the collection of refuse and recycling receptacles.
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18/01326/DOC/2 Granted
Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford
Condition 8 - Tree works method statement; Condition 9 - Tree protection plan; Condition 10 - Planting plan; Condition 18 - Boundary treatment deails; Condition 21 - Construction method statement
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18/01326/DOC/1 Granted
Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford
Condition 13 - Finished levels
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18/01326/NMAT/1 Granted
Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford
Non-material amendment to planning permission 18/01326/FUL (Redevelopment to provide a mixed use scheme containing 315 student dwellings and flexible D1/B1/B8 uses and retained D2 use class (leisure) comprising buildings of 3-5 storeys (Blocks A - D). Erection of new pedestrian bridges linking the site with Anglia Ruskin University and the Local Nature Reserve, new public spaces, hard & soft landscaping & associated parking provision & infrastructure). Variation to conditions 10, 15, 18, 24, 25, 26, 30 to trigger at 6 months from commencement instead of 3 months.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Mar 2025
Received by Chelmsford
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27 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
85 documents on file for this application
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Chelmsford granted permission on 27 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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