Kelvedon Park London Road Rivenhall End Essex CM8 3HB Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/01830/VAR
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises
Council
Braintree 7/10
Date received
around 6 Aug 2026
Date validated
6 Aug 2026
Postcode
CM8 3HB
Freehold owner
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Description

Variation of Condition 2 (Approved plans) of approved application granted 10.12.25 for: Proposed development of a new live fire training facility comprising of the erection of a four-storey live fire training tower with associated plant, single-storey ancillary and appliance storage building, single-storey classroom, five-storey drill tower, road traffic collision and heavy rescue training areas, equipment storage, electrical substation, vehicular parking, attenuation pond, along with hard and soft landscaping enhancements. Amendments would allow:- -Carbonaceous fire training provided within a new two-storey block and single-storey fire behaviour units; -Cleaner LPG fire training incorporated into the four-storey block; -Fire Investigation unit to be relocated to alternative ECFRS site; -Ductwork now removed from the proposed four-storey block; -Ductwork added to the new two-storey block and smoke filtration plant raised to top of two-storey block to move away from the LPG block; -Smoke extract plant added to the roof of the four-storey block for emergency cosmetic smoke clearance; -External fire spread LPG crib added to the western elevation of the four-storey block; - Roof access now added to the low level roof of the four-storey block for external fire training drills. Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National infrastructure project about 14 m away: A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Scheme
The site is about 14 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
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Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Kelvedon Park London Road Rivenhall End Rivenhall Essex CM8 3HB
Prior Approval Notification for the demolition of detached derelict former two storey res…
19/00844/PDEM
2019 Approved
Kelvedon Park London Road Rivenhall End Rivenhall Essex CM8 3HB
Prior Approval Notification for the demolition of detached derelict former two storey res…
19/00844/PDEM
Braintree
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#61 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Braintree is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #47 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Braintree decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #189 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #148 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #47 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #71 of 296
62%
Minor dwellings approved
119 decided (1-9 homes)
87%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
11 decided
927
Total decisions
132 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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