Orchard Cottage School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/01607/TPOCON
Trees & landscaping
Council
Braintree 7/10
Date received
around 13 Jul 2026
Date validated
13 Jul 2026
Postcode
CO10 7JE

Description

Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area: T1- 1 No. Leylandii - Fell to ground level T2 - 1 No. Bay - Coppice to allow it to reform a smaller, more compact crown. T3- 1 No.Horse Chestnut- Face back to the boundary or further in order to trim to suitable pruning points. T4- 1 No. Malus (Crab apple tree) -Reduce and shape to tidy up and improve appearance/ shape. Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 88.

Day 88, past the statutory target. 100% of tree and landscaping works in Braintree are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 12 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

Day 8832 days past the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
55decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Braintree in the last twelve months, from validation. Braintree decision record →

Site constraints 3

12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Peartree Cottage and Oakleys, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 12 Grade II
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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Historic England ↗
Foxearth conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £585,000 in September 2021. Semi-detached house, freehold.

29 September 2021£585,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Replacement of existing oil-fired boiler, radiators and pipe work. Replacement and reloca…
22/01614/LBC
2022 Approved
Replacement of existing oil-fired boiler, radiators and pipe work. Replacement and reloca…
22/01614/LBC
2021
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Carry out works to…
21/03209/TPOCON
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Almond Tree Cottage School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 - Leylandii Tree…
22/00012/TPOCON
2022 Approved
Almond Tree Cottage School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 - Leylandii Tree…
22/00012/TPOCON
2021
High Gables School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE
Notice of intent to carry out works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Removal of 2 Ash d…
21/03267/TPOCON
2020 Withdrawn
1 Mill Road Foxearth Essex CO10 7JF
Retention of 1.2m boundary fence on top of the existing max 1.6m red brick boundary wall…
20/01775/HH
2020 Withdrawn
1 Mill Road Foxearth Essex CO10 7JF
Retention of 1.2m boundary fence on top of the existing max 1.6m red brick boundary wall…
20/01775/HH
2020
Oakleys Cottage School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Remove a Weeping Bee…
20/00398/TPOCON
2020
Oakleys Cottage School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Remove a Weeping Bee…
20/00398/TPOCON
2017 Refused
Pightle Cottage School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE
Demolition of existing timber carport with plastic roof and erection of replacement oak f…
17/00923/FUL
2017 Refused
Pightle Cottage School Street Foxearth Essex CO10 7JE
Demolition of existing timber carport with plastic roof and erection of replacement oak f…
17/00923/FUL
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
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.