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Proposal
S96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990: Non Material Amendment to the description of development of Ref. for Hybrid planning application for a mixed use development for up to 825 Residential Units, with part submitted in outline (with all matters reserved) and part submitted in detail, where: The Outline Component of the application seeks approval for: i. Up to 636 Residential Units (Use Class C3); ii. Up to 0.95ha of land for Business Use (Use Class B1, B2, B8); iii. Up to 2.38ha of land for the provision of a Neighbourhood Centre with possible uses including Retail, Commercial, Residential Care, Health, Veterinary and Crèche Uses (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1a, C2, D1a, D1b); iv. Up to 2ha of land for a Primary School; v. Up to 2.88ha of land for Community Sports Facilities; and vi. All associated open space, landscaping, parking, utilities, drainage and infrastructure The Detailed Component of the application seeks approval for: vii. 189 Residential Units (Use Class C3) including parking and utilities; viii. New link road between Panfield Lane and Springwood Drive and new roundabout at junction of Panfield Lane and Churchill Road. Amendment would allow:- 1) To omit the words 'Community' and 'Facilities' from: "v. Up to 2.88ha of land for Community Sports Facilities", due to the removal of the requirement to transfer the land to Braintree District Council and any occupancy restrictions related to the provision of the Sports land; and in lieu, the provision of an obligation for an off-site financial contribution for community sports purposes within the town of Braintree, pursuant to application Ref. 25/02388/S106A; and 2) to enable the listed Use Classes to be updated pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 6 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026
Associated applications 4
- AmendmentS96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990: Non Material Amendment to the description…This application26/00029/NMA
Site constraints 1
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Important details
- Council
- Braintree
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Postcode
- CM7 5RU
- Received
- around 7 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Bocking South
- Parish
- Braintree & Bocking
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 4 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Application GRANTED
- Decision date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Phase 2 Planning & Development Ltd
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 4 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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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%).
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Referenced application
Council archive
Towerlands Panfield Road Braintree Essex CM7 5BJ
Outline planning application for up to 575 homes together with a 0.13ha site for early years and childcare nursery (D1), Up to 250sqm of local retail (A1) and up to 250sqm of community facilities (D1), green infrastructure including formal/informal open space and amenity space, provision of ecological mitigation area to north-west of developable area, landscaping including woodland and hedgerow planting, new vehicular accesses from the B1053 and Panfield Lane, closure of existing access from Deanery Hill (south)…
- Received
- 17 Apr 2019
- Decided
- 9 Apr 2021
- Outcome
- Approved
- Homes
- 575
