Policy information sourced from the Chelmsford Local Plan 2013-2036 PDF.

GR1 1M: Rectory Lane Car Park West.

Development will be permitted at this site subject to meeting the requirements of Policy GR1, and the following site-specific criteria:

  • Around 25 new homes;
  • Potential for student accommodation, due to its proximity to Anglia Ruskin University;
  • Main vehicle access to be taken from Chelmer Valley Road;
  • Improved level pedestrian/cycle connection to existing road crossing point to the south;
  • Conserve and where appropriate enhance the setting of the adjacent locally listed Cemetery Gatehouse and Lodge on Rectory Lane;
  • Character and scale determined by adjacent residential development;
  • Layout shaped by utility easements;
  • Enhanced landscaped edge to Rectory Lane and Chelmer Valley Road.

For more information please visit Chelmsford’s Local Plan here.