North Barn Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ Data via plota.co.uk

Pending Consideration 26/01107/VAR
Admin / procedural
Council
Braintree 7/10
Date received
around 20 May 2026
Date validated
20 May 2026
Postcode
CO10 7AQ

Description

Variation of Condition 2 (Approved plans) of approved application granted 08.12.23 for: Alterations to extant permission for the conversion of existing group of barns into two independent dwellings. The alterations would include: - The creation of a new shared access from Lower Farm Road. - A new parking area and internal re-configuration to allow for Barn C to be incorporated within the floor plan. - A single-storey extension to north-west corner of Barn B. - The shortening of link extension proposed from Barn A, to allow for the two units to be detached. Variation would allow:- Alterations to the internal layout of Barn A, reconfiguration of single-storey extension to include Welsh Slate catslide and alterations to fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 2

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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023
Alterations to Barns B & C
23/02074/FUL
2023
Alterations to Barns B & C
23/02075/LBC
2023
Alterations to Barns B & C
23/02074/FUL
2023
Alterations to Barns B & C
23/02075/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Purkis Farm Barns Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Conversion of barns into two dwellings; demolition of modern open-sided barn and extensio…
21/01219/LBC
2021 Approved
Purkis Farm Barns Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of Section 73 permission 18/00989/VAR granted 2…
21/01214/VAR
2020 Refused
Purkis House Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Proposed stables and 20m x 42m manege
20/00582/PLD
2020 Refused
Purkis House Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Proposed stables and 20m x 42m manege
20/00582/PLD
2018 Approved
Purkis Farm Barns Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 and 8 of approved applicatio…
18/01472/DAC
2018 Approved
Purkis Farm Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Application for approval of details reserved by condition no's 7 and 9 of approved applic…
18/00478/DAC
2017 Approved
Purkis House Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Application for removal or variation of condition 2 and 4 of planning approval 16/01318/F…
17/02125/VAR
2017 Approved
Purkis House Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Application for removal or variation of condition 2 and 4 of planning approval 16/01318/F…
17/02125/VAR
2016 Approved
Purkis House Lower Farm Road Borley Essex CO10 7AQ
Erection of one and a half storey rear extension, single storey side extension, enlargeme…
16/01318/FUL
Braintree
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#61 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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