New housing in Chelmsford City Council
We don't read Chelmsford City Council's planning register yet, so reports on fields here rely on national data: Green Belt, flood zones, protected land, farmland quality and how close a field is to a town or village.
It delivered 110% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 110% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 299
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | Phase 4 Zone Z Greater Beaulieu Park Generals Lane Boreham Chelmsford Essex EIA Screening Opinion for the Submission of Reserved Matters (Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) at Residential Zone Z, Beaulieu (25/01351/REM) in relation to 09/01314/EIA for the construction of 327… 25/01523/EIASO | Awaiting decision | 27 Oct 2025 |
| 7 | Former Moulsham Lodge Community Centre Waltham Glen Chelmsford Erection of additional storeys to each of Blocks A, B and C to create 7 new flats. 26/01023/FUL | Awaiting decision | 28 Aug 2026 |
| 6 | Woodvalley Farm Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HN Application for the approval of reserved matters (landscaping & layout) pursuant to outline planning permission 25/01249/OUT for the erection of up to 6 self-build dwelling plots. 26/00755/REM | Approved | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 4 | Yard Opposite 6 To 9 Meadowside Chelmsford Essex The demolition of existing buildings and the erection of 4no. Residential dwellings (class c3) with associated parking and amenity space. 26/00844/FUL | Awaiting decision | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 2 | Land North Of Hilltops Southend Road Sandon Chelmsford Essex Construction of two dwellings and garages. Formation of new access. 26/01382/FUL | Awaiting decision | 26 Oct 2026 |
| 2 | Garage Block Rear Of 27 - 30 Lionfield Terrace Chelmsford Essex Demolition of existing garage storage area and construction of 2 no new dwellings and associated development 26/00963/FUL | Awaiting decision | 23 Jul 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Battlesbridge
- Bicknacre
- Boreham
- Brock Hill
- Broomfield
- Chelmsford
- Coalhill
- Danbury
- Downham
- East Hanningfield
- Ford End
- Galleywood
- Gay Bowers
- Great Leighs
- Great Waltham
- Howe Green
- Little Waltham
- Margaretting
- Ramsden Heath
- Rettendon
- Roxwell
- Sandon
- South Woodham Ferrers
- Stock (Chelmsford)
- West Hanningfield
- Woodham Ferrers
- Writtle
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Chelmsford City Council's online planning register, last read 12 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.