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Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY

Awaiting decision Chelmsford 25/01741/FUL Full

Works: New dwelling

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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of Boreham House and its ancillary buildings to provide new independent preparatory school and pre-prep facilities associated with New Hall School, together with the redevelopment of the eastern courtyard to provide new-build teaching facilities, reinstatement of historic parkland to the front of the building and the provision of associated car parking, sporting and educational facilities. Retention of existing cottage adjacent to King Henry Hall in residential use.

As published by the council, reference 25/01741/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/01741/FUL
Type
Full
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
15 Dec 2025
Postcode
CM3 3HY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/05178/TPO Awaiting decision

    Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY

    G4 - (Marked T19) - Silver Birch - Fell; W1 - (Marked T232) - Lime - Fell; W4 - (Marked T354, T355, T356) - Lime - Remove basal epicormic growth to allow for inspection; G1, W4, G2 - (Marked T79, T89, T368, T403, T430, T433) - Poplar - Fell ; G2 - (Marked T290, T296) - Black Poplar - Fell; G1- (Marked T362,T365, T367) - Sycamore - Fell; W4 (Marked T340,T339, T342, T375) - Ash - Fell; W4 - (Marked T342) - Ash - Fell to 2m Stump; W4 (Marked T353) - Ash - Fell, retain high stump; W4 - (Marked T398) - Ash - Fell stem to east; W4 - (Marked T347, T401) - Willow - Coppice to 1m stump; W4 - (Marked T402) - Willow - Monolith to 4m; T19 - (Marked T278) - Cypress - Fell; T27 - (Marked T283) - Cypress - Remove failed stem. Reason for all - a mixture of disease, decay, dieback and stem failures. Please see report for further details.

    Submitted 18 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 26/05083/TPO Granted

    Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY

    T46 Sycamore (T109 on plan) - Fell to ground level. Reason: Poor structural condition, risk of failure and major deadwood.

    Decided 1 Jun 2026 Trees
  • 25/01742/LBC Awaiting decision

    Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY

    Change of use and conversion of Boreham House and its ancillary buildings to provide new independent preparatory school and pre-prep facilities associated with New Hall School, together with the redevelopment of the eastern courtyard to provide new-build teaching facilities, reinstatement of historic parkland to the front of the building and the provision of associated car parking, sporting and educational facilities. Retention of existing cottage adjacent to King Henry Hall in residential use.

    Submitted 15 Dec 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Chelmsford took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

120 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Chelmsford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chelmsford decided full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY

    25/01742/LBC Submitted 15 Dec 2025 0.1 miles away

    93% historically approved · decision due ~9 Feb

    Change of use and conversion of Boreham House and its ancillary buildings to provide new independent preparatory school and pre-prep facilities associated with New Hall School, together with the redevelopment of the eastern courtyard to provide new-build teaching facilities, reinstatement of historic parkland to the front of the building and the provision of associated car parking, sporting and educational facilities. Retention of existing cottage adjacent to King Henry Hall in residential use.

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling 117 docs
  • Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY

    26/05178/TPO Submitted 18 Aug 2026 0.1 miles away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~13 Oct

    G4 - (Marked T19) - Silver Birch - Fell; W1 - (Marked T232) - Lime - Fell; W4 - (Marked T354, T355, T356) - Lime - Remove basal epicormic growth to allow for inspection; G1, W4, G2 - (Marked T79, T89, T368, T403, T430, T433) - Poplar - Fell ; G2 - (Marked T290, T296) - Black Poplar - Fell; G1- (Marked T362,T365, T367) - Sycamore - Fell; W4 (Marked T340,T339, T342, T375) - Ash - Fell; W4 - (Marked T342) - Ash - Fell to 2m Stump; W4 (Marked T353) - Ash - Fell, retain high stump; W4 - (Marked T398) - Ash - Fell stem to east; W4 - (Marked T347, T401) - Willow - Coppice to 1m stump; W4 - (Marked T402) - Willow - Monolith to 4m; T19 - (Marked T278) - Cypress - Fell; T27 - (Marked T283) - Cypress - Remove failed stem. Reason for all - a mixture of disease, decay, dieback and stem failures. Please see report for further details.

    Awaiting decision Trees
  • Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY

    26/05083/TPO Submitted 17 Apr 2026 0.1 miles away

    T46 Sycamore (T109 on plan) - Fell to ground level. Reason: Poor structural condition, risk of failure and major deadwood.

    Granted Trees 5 docs
  • Generals Farm Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HJ

    20/01148/AG Submitted 24 Jul 2020 0.1 miles away

    Construction of agricultural general store.

    Granted Other 7 docs
  • Land At Boreham Interchange Colchester Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex

    18/01961/FUL Submitted 27 Nov 2018 0.2 miles away

    Variation of condition 1 of the planning permission ref: 17/01526/ful (continued use of land for a temporary period (one year) for the storage of cars from Cooper Chelmsford BMW/Mini) to allow for the continued use of the land for a temporary period (one year) for the storage of cars from Cooper Chelmsford BMW/Mini

    Granted Full applications 11 docs
  • Land At Boreham Interchange Colchester Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex

    17/01526/S73 Submitted 20 Jan 2020 0.2 miles away

    Variation of condition No.1 of the planning permission ref: 18/01961/FUL (continued use of land for a temporary period (one year) for the storage of cars from Cooper Chelmsford BMW/Mini) to allow for the continued use of the land for a temporary period (one year) for the storage of cars from Cooper Chelmsford BMW/mini

    Granted Amendments 12 docs

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