Planning appeal decision
Town Farm Yard, Main Road, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RF
Planning appeal 3263156 at Town Farm Yard, Main Road, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RF (Chelmsford Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 September 2023 by Inspector Wallace J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the curtilage associated with the proposed dwellings would be in accordance with the definition in paragraph X.
conversion of existing buildings to form 2 new larger residential dwelling houses (C3) plot 1 The Stables, plot 2 The Old Dairy
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wallace J
- Postcode
- CM3 8RF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the curtilage associated with the proposed dwellings would be in accordance with the definition in paragraph X
- whether or not the proposed development meets the requirements of Class Q with regard to the buildings to be converted
- whether or not the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013; or, in the case of a building which was in use before that date, but was not in use on that date, when it was last in use
What decided it
The proposed development does not comply with the curtilage definition in paragraph X of the GPDO, as the curtilage of Plot 1 appears to exceed the land area occupied by the agricultural building.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Chelmsford City Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Allowed26 October 2026601463316 Paradise Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3HP
- Allowed15 October 20266008937Hawthorns, Broomwood Lane, Ramsden Heath, CM11 1JR
- Dismissed18 September 20266013673Five Gables Cherry Garden Lane, Danbury, Chelmsford, CM3 4QY
- Dismissed15 September 20266006289Land North Of Lyndale, Twitty Fee, Danbury, Chelmsford, CM3 4PG
- Dismissed8 September 20266009587The Meadows (Shopping Centre), High Street, Chelmsford, CM2 6FD
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®