Policy information sourced from the Chelmsford Local Plan 2013-2036 PDF.
GR1 1V: Railway Sidings, Brook Street.
Development will be permitted at this site subject to meeting the requirements of Policy GR1, and the following site-specific criteria:
- Intensification of business or industrial use;
- Improved pedestrian and cycle routes;
- Avoid adverse impacts on the Chelmer Valley Local Nature Reserve;
- Safeguarded access for minerals/aggregates rail freight area;
- Financial contributions to improve Brook Street public realm;
- Main vehicle access will be from Brook Street;
- Appropriate mitigation, compensation and enhancements to the local and strategic road network as required by the Local Highways Authority;
- Financial contributions to supporting infrastructure, depending on uses;
- Where appropriate, contributions from developments will be secured towards mitigation measures identified in the Essex Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (RAMS) which will be completed by the time the Local Plan is adopted. Prior to RAMS completion, the authority will seek contributions, where appropriate, from proposed residential development to deliver all measures identified (including strategic measures) through project level HRAs, or otherwise, to mitigate any recreational disturbance impacts in compliance with the Habitats Regulations and Habitats Directive.
For more information, including links to the referenced policies, please visit Chelmsford’s Local Plan here.