At the end of 2020 planners decided the Threadneedle House on Market Road is already of a height and scale that is unduly dominant Plans to create a housing block towering above Chelmsford Cathedral should not have been turned down by the city council, the developer has argued. At the end of 2020 planners decided the Threadneedle House on Market Road is already of a height and scale that is unduly dominant and intrusive in its setting. Planners added that building another two storeys would make the building even more intrusive at almost 30 metres – causing harm to the setting of the central conservation area, St Mary’s Church Cathedral and County Hall.