The Grannex At Paddock Cottage Cranes Lane Kelvedon Essex CO5 9AY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00072/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Change of use of the existing annexe, currently ancillary to the main dwelling to form 1 no. independent residential dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
14 Jan 2026
✓
Validated
22 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
1 Apr 2026
✗
Appeal dismissed
24 Aug 2026

Refused on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Granary 23 Metres South West of Clark's Farmhouse, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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 486 m away: A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Scheme
The site is about 486 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norwich to Tilbury (examination closed, recommendation due, about 1493 m).
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.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 45 m away: Traditional orchard.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £470,000 in October 2011. Detached house, freehold.

5 October 2011£470,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Braintree
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CO5 9AY
Received
14 Jan 2026
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Kelvedon & Feering
Parish
Kelvedon Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Mar 2026
Decision
Application REFUSED
Decision date
1 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 24 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009868 ↗
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How this decision compares

Decided in 69 days from validation, 13 days slower than Braintree's median of 56 for full applications. Refused, as 19% of full applications here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
37decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Braintree in the last twelve months, from validation. Braintree decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Braintree
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#61 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.