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Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford

Granted Chelmsford 25/00274/FUL Full

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.

  • 18/01326/DOC/10 Withdrawn

    Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford

    Condition 40 -Foul Water Drainage Strategy

    Decided 2 Nov 2022 Conditions
  • 18/01326/DOC/9 Granted

    Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford

    Condition 38 - surface water drainage system

    Decided 30 Nov 2022 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 31 May 2022 Conditions
  • 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

    Decided 12 Aug 2020 Trees
  • 18/01326/DOC/1 Granted

    Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford

    Condition 13 - Finished levels

    Decided 17 Apr 2020 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 24 Mar 2020 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 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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What this grant of permission means

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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  • Rivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford

    18/01326/NMAT/1 Submitted 6 Feb 2020 50 yards away

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    Granted Conditions 5 docs
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    Granted Full applications 170 docs
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