Chelmsford news, what's on and local information

Chelmsford has been the county town of Essex for a very long time and a city only since 2012. It sits where the Can meets the Chelmer, with Springfield, Great Baddow, Writtle, Galleywood and Broomfield around it, and it is the place most of the county’s administration is done from.

The Chelmsford Times covers the city and the towns near it. Witham and Maldon are in different districts, so the answer to a question about bins or planning depends on which side of a boundary you live, and we say which every time. What all of them have in common is a set of decisions published in registers and committee papers that hardly anyone reads. We read them and write down what they say, linking to the document each time.

Where to go next

• Chelmsford house prices: the £382,000 average, and the median sold price in every postcode sector from the city centre to Stock.
• Chelmsford trains to London: 29 minutes at best, £5,204 a year, and the 00:18 last train home.
• Chelmsford planning news: 3.88 years of housing land against a five-year duty, and the 14 extra sites meant to fix it.
• Chelmsford roadworks and travel: the A12 night closures, the London Road Bridge lights and the park and ride fares.
• Things to do in Chelmsford: free at Hylands and the cathedral, £4 at the museum, with this year’s prices checked.
• News and What’s On carry the rest.

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