Brook Street Farm Hedingham Road Halstead Essex CO9 1UH Data via plota.co.uk

26/02509/VAR Pending Consideration

Proposal

Variation of Condition 3 (Hours of Operation) of approved application 26/01888/COUPA granted 07.10.26 for: Prior approval for the Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to a flexible use within General Industrial (Class B2), Storage or Distribution (Class B8), Hotels (Class C1), Commercial/Business/Service (Class E), Outdoor Sport or Recreation (Class F2(c)), or for the provision of agricultural training - Change of use of agricultural buildings into a Class E (flexible commercial). Variation would permit the opening hours to be as follows:- Monday to Friday: 0600 hours - 2100 hours Saturdays: 0700 hours - 1600 hours Sundays, Public and Bank Holidays: 0800 hours - 1600 hours Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Nov 2026, 22:36

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Application progress

✓

Received

29 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 24 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 24 Dec 2026.

Documents 5

Associated applications 2

Part of

Prior approvalApproved7 Oct 202626/01888/COUPA
Prior approval for the Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to a flexible use within General Industrial (Class B2), Storage…
Conditions 3 variation sought
- VariationVariation of Condition 3 (Hours of Operation)This application29 Oct 202626/02509/VAR

Site constraints 3

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Flood defence 21 m away (natural high ground).

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. 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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Important details

Council: Braintree
Postcode: CO9 1UH
Received: 29 Oct 2026
Validated: 29 Oct 2026
Target decision: 24 Dec 2026

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 24 Dec 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved

Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C…

19/01292/COUPA 11 Sep 2019

2019 Approved

Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C…

19/01292/COUPA 11 Sep 2019

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

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