Social Value Ideas for Chelmsford City Council

Replace RAMS SPD

Because councils can no longer prepare new supplementary planning documents, the board was asked to revoke the existing Essex Coast RAMS SPD and replace it with a technical advice note. This is intend…

“Your cover report also poses replacing the existing RAM supplementary planning document with a technical advice note. The SPD currently provides guida…”

Launch additional sites consultation

The board approved publication of a focused local plan additional-sites consultation covering 15 new and expanded sites. This is the immediate next step in the plan-making process and will require con…

“"the purpose of this report is to present the focus consultation additional sites document ... and to seek approval to publish them for consultation";…”

Local plan submitted for examination

Council agreed to submit the revised local plan to the planning inspector for examination, keeping the plan on track under the current system and avoiding the risk of moving to a new untested national…

“Speaker 5: Thank you, Vadam Mayor. I will answer question four first off, and then go back to question one, two and three. As with all the largest sit…”

Planning obligations SPD

Members considered revisions to the planning obligations supplementary planning document, including updated guidance on self/custom build, older persons housing, biodiversity net gain and a stronger a…

“"we want to ensure that where there are changes to planning obligations, the council will seek to protect and prioritize rented affordable housing"”

Zone 2 approved with s106

The committee resolved to approve Zone 2 of Chelmsford Garden Community subject to Section 106 obligations, conditions and green sheet amendments. The approval locks in a large package of infrastructu…

“So, we can move on to the vote on this one. All those in favour of rejecting the application please raise their hand? Will those not in favour of reje…”

Pylon local impact report

Officers are preparing the council’s final local impact report and examination responses for the Norwich to Tilbury DCO. Members asked for any additional locations of concern to be fed into the report…

“"if I can set a deadline for you of the 31st of January to have those locations sent through to me, then that will give me enough time to update the r…”

Legacy planning systems causing issues

Members raised persistent problems with the planning portal and officers explained that legacy systems make change difficult before local government reorganisation. The council is looking to benefit f…

“Hello. Two things technical. One, we can't actually see the sides on this side at all um because they're so dim. Um And I don't know whether it's poss…”

Four Bungalows Approved

The committee approved the Runwell application for four bungalows and a new access road, subject to conditions and green sheet amendments. This clears the way for a private housing build, including ac…

“"I move the application 25/0144/FULL, land rear of number seven The Greenway, Runwell, Wickford, Essex be approved subject to conditions detailed on p…”

Five-year housing supply weakened

The council’s housing land supply deteriorated sharply because of site delays and the loss of the A12 widening scheme, creating pressure to identify additional deliverable sites before plan adoption. …

“"the calculation dropped to 3.88 years as a result of losing over 2,000 dwellings from the 5-year supply"; "the government also cancelled the A12 wide…”