Chelmsford Pre-Submission Local Plan consultation gets underway

Chelmsford City Council has published its new Local Plan for six weeks public consultation finishing on 14 March 2018.

This consultation stage, called the ‘Pre-Submission’, identifies how many homes, jobs and businesses are being planned for and their locations for the period up to 2036, along with other things needed to support growth, such as where children will go to school, where people will work, and how they will get around. The aim is to get the right type of development in the right places to meet the growing needs of local people and businesses, while protecting our environment.

The Council is also consulting on draft planning policies, which will be used to determine future planning applications. The Pre-Submission also include the policies map showing the site allocations and areas for protection.

The Council wants to encourage as many people and organisations as possible to have their say on the Pre-Submission document and on its Sustainability and Habitats Assessments. This consultation focuses on legal compliance and consistency with national policy.

More details on how to get involved can be found online (from 31 January) at www.chelmsford.gov.uk/pre-submission

There is a series of drop-in exhibitions to be held during the consultation period:

Remembrance Square, County Hall, Market Road, CM1 1LX
Tuesday 6 February to Friday 9 February
Staffed – 11.30am to 2.30pm (Tuesday and Thursday)
Unstaffed – Wednesday and Friday

Great Baddow Parish Hall, 19 Maldon Road, Great Baddow, CM2 7DW
Monday 12 February
4pm-8pm

Leighs Village Hall, Boreham Road, Great Leighs, CM3 1NH
Tuesday 13 February
4pm-8pm

South Woodham Ferrers Village Hall, 25 Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5PL Wednesday 14 February
4pm-8pm

Sandon Village Hall, Woodhill Road, Sandon, CM2 7SQ
Thursday 15 February
4pm-8pm

Writtle Village Hall, 18 The Green, Writtle, CM1 3DU
Friday 16 February
4pm-8pm

Boreham Village Hall, Main Road, CM3 3JD
Monday 19 February
4pm-8pm

Bicknacre Village Hall, Main Road, Bicknacre, CM3 4ES
Tuesday 20 February
4pm-8pm

Broomfield Village Hall, 158 Main Road, Broomfield, CM1 7AH
Wednesday 21 February
4.30pm-8pm

High Chelmer, Exchange Way, Chelmsford, CM1 1XB
Monday 19 February to Friday 23 February
Exhibition panels displayed all-day
Staffed from 11.30-2.30pm Thursday 22 and Friday 23

Little Waltham Memorial Hall, 15 Brook Hill, Little Waltham, CM3 3LN
Tuesday 27 February
4pm-8pm

Danbury Village Hall, Main Road, Danbury, CM3 4NQ
Tuesday 27 February
5pm-8pm

Chelmsford Community Church, Trent Road, CM1 2LQ
Thursday 1 March
4pm-8pm

Please check the Council’s website for any changes to the timetable before making a special trip.

The best way to find out more is online, using the specially designed Consultation Portal.

Visit www.chelmsford.gov.uk/planningpolicyconsult to read the consultation documents, sign up for alerts to future consultations, and find out more about how the Consultation Portal works. You can register at any time. Using the Portal means comments can be accurately recorded and quickly processed.

You can also find more information, and documents for downloading during the consultation period, at www.chelmsford.gov.uk/pre-submission. To get in touch, email [email protected] or call 01245 606330.