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Pending Consideration 26/00588/VAR
Admin / procedural
Council
Braintree 7/10
Date received
around 23 Apr 2026
Date validated
23 Apr 2026
Postcode
CO6 1ZS

Description

Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of approved application granted 09.03.2026 for Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of approved application granted 13.08.2021 for Application for approval of Reserved Matters for scale, layout, appearance and landscaping of outline planning consent in relation to the erection of 300 dwellings (including 40% affordable), a community building, and associated internal roads, parking, drainage infrastructure, open space and strategic landscaping. Variation would allow: (partly retrospective) amendments to details of bund adjacent to eastern boundary of the site and amendments to approved landscaping scheme. Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 3

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      • VariationVariation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) for Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans)…This application26/00588/VAR

Site constraints 4

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.
Public bridleway about 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
National infrastructure project about 691 m away: Norwich to Tilbury
The site is about 691 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due.
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 ↗
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Lee's Farmhouse, Grade II, about 57 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
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

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

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Nearby activity

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39 Colchester Road Coggeshall Essex CO6 1RR
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2023 Approved
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2023 Refused
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2023 Refused
39 Colchester Road Coggeshall Essex CO6 1RR
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2021 Approved
39 Colchester Road Coggeshall Essex CO6 1RR
Extension to, and conversion of, existing garage to habitable annexe accommodation.
21/03194/HH
2017 Withdrawn
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2017 Withdrawn
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2016 Approved
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Braintree
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#61 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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