Planning application
St Philips Priory 178 New London Road Chelmsford CM2 0AR
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness to regularise St Philip's has general class F1 use including schools, places of worship, church hall, non-residential education and training centres. It was an integral part of St Philip's School, which is now St Cedd's.
As published by the council, reference 25/00429/CLEUD
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00429/CLEUD
- Type
- Amendment
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 19 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 19 May 2025
- Postcode
- CM2 0AR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2025
Received by Chelmsford
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19 May 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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