Willoughbys Farm Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH Data via plota.co.uk

Pending Consideration 26/00988/DAC
Admin / procedural
Council
Braintree 7/10
Date received
around 30 Apr 2026
Date validated
30 Apr 2026
Postcode
CM7 5PH

Description

Discharge of condition 3 (Type C Newton system), 4 (Cellar Floor Bricks) & 5 (Timber wall plate methodology) of Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2
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) agrees.
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 byway open to all traffic about 26 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.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Willoughby's Farmhouse, Grade II, about 47 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.
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Also on the record
Priority habitat about 13 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 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.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Withdrawn
4 Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development - Single storey rear…
23/02206/PLD
2023 Withdrawn
4 Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development - Single storey rear…
23/02206/PLD
2023 Approved
4 Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH
Single storey front porch
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2023 Approved
4 Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH
Single storey front porch
23/01355/HH
2022 Approved
Bumblebee Cottage 2 Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH
Single storey rear extension
22/01638/HH
2022 Approved
Bumblebee Cottage 2 Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH
Single storey rear extension
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2021 Approved
Bumblebee Cottage 2 Willoughbys Lane Braintree Essex CM7 5PH
Single storey rear extension
21/03385/HH
2021 Withdrawn
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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
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings