Planning application
Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Dec 2025
Received by Chelmsford
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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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Boreham House Main Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3HY
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
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
T46 Sycamore (T109 on plan) - Fell to ground level. Reason: Poor structural condition, risk of failure and major deadwood.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
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