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New Street Works

Name: New Street Works
Address: Chelmsford, England

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit builtChelmsford, England

Redeveloped radio factory (1920) now housing/mixed use in Chelmsford; peer comparisons limited to industrial sites, no planning details. · summary, model-written

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Strategy

Redeveloped

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New use

Housing

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Mixed use

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	RedevelopedWikipedia no source
New uses	housing, mixedWikipedia no source
What is there now	residential/mixed usenewtypes-extraction reported

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History and original facts

Opened	1920newtypes-extraction reported
Anchors	Marconi Company
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Former Marconi radio factory redeveloped for residential and mixed use.

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Summary, model-written

New Street Works (Chelmsford, England) opened in 1920 as a radio factory. It was redeveloped (strategy: "redevelop") and now functions as residential/mixed use. The site is marked as "built" with no further development details provided. Peer sites in the context list include other industrial sites (e.g., Cowley plant, Duluth Works) that also opened between 1914-1926 and followed a redevelop strategy. No parcel, deal, or planning details are included in the record. Verification status is "draft". The database context lists non-mall industrial sites as peers, which is inconsistent with Retrofit Atlas' focus on former malls.

Why. Record explicitly states original use (radio factory), redevelop strategy, current use (housing/mixed), and peer comparisons. No external knowledge added; missing data (parcels, planning) is noted as absent.

Where it stands. A redeveloped industrial site in Chelmsford, England, with no additional development context provided. Peer comparisons are limited to other industrial sites, not former malls.

For a planner

Relevant for industrial-to-residential conversion case studies
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For a developer

Potential residential/mixed use site in Chelmsford
No deal or parcel data provided for assessment

What we do not know yet

Verification status: draft
No timeline for redevelopment
Context peers are industrial sites, not former malls
No parcel boundaries or deal terms provided

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Timeline

1920 Opened

Sources

Chelmsford · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "New Street Works, Chelmsford, England." Record n-42049d8fe9, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/england/chelmsford-new-street-works/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_chelmsfordnewstreetworks,
  title = {New Street Works, Chelmsford, England},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/england/chelmsford-new-street-works/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-42049d8fe9, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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