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Edwins Hall Cottage Edwins Hall Road Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford CM3 8RX

Decided Chelmsford 26/00846/CLOPUD Lawful development

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

The application is for a certificate of lawful development for the placement of a caravan with the curtilage of Edwins Hall Cottage. Within the documents supplied, and the legal case studies uploaded separately, no material change change of use will be taking place. A site licence shall not be required for the use of land as a caravan site if the use is incidental to the enjoyment as such of a dwellinghouse within the curtilage of which the land is situated, as per the legal references outlined below. Section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 defines ?development?, which requires planning permission, as carrying out of building and other operations or making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land. Under s 55(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 the use of any buildings or other land within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such is not to be taken to involve development of the land. The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 Schedule 1. Cases where a Caravan site License is not required. 1. Use within curtilage of a dwellinghouse. A site licence shall not be required for the use of land as a caravan site if the use is incidental to the enjoyment as such of a dwellinghouse within the curtilage of which the land is situated.

As published by the council, reference 26/00846/CLOPUD

Application record

Reference
26/00846/CLOPUD
Category
Lawful development
Status
Application Permitted
Validated
25 Jun 2026
Postcode
CM3 8RX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 30 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Application Permitted

    Previously Pending Consideration.

After the decision

Chelmsford has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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