Plots 8 Horizon 120 London Road Great Notley Essex Data via plota.co.uk

Pending Consideration 26/01049/FUL
Date received
around 11 May 2026
Date validated
11 May 2026
Postcode
CM77 8PT

Description

Change of use of existing employment building (EOS Plot 8) to comprise of uses falling within Use Classes E(g)(i) Office, E(g)(ii) Research and Development, E(g)(iii) Industrial Process and (B8) Storage and Distribution (or a combination of those uses) and associated development Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 5 Oct 2026; it is now day 147.

Day 147, past the statutory target. 82% of full applications in Braintree are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

Day 14791 days past the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
90,103decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent full applications in Braintree to go on. Braintree decision record →

Planning committee

Decided by Braintree Planning Committee on 4 Aug 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application sought a change of use of an existing employment building to office, research and development, industrial process and storage and distribution uses.
  • The application was made by the applicant for a site at Great Notley.
  • The committee approved the application.

Source: Plota analysis of Braintree's committee minutes, Braintree Planning Committee minutes, 4 August 2026 .

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Great Notley built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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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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
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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