Gladfen Hall Gladfen Hall Road Greenstead Green Essex CO9 1RN Data via plota.co.uk

26/01514/AGR Decided

Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - Agricultural spray and tank store. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

2 Jul 2026

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Prior Approval Required, more details

29 Jul 2026

Prior Approval Required, more details on 29 Jul 2026 · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Associated applications 2

Prior approvalDecided2 Jul 202626/01514/AGRThis application
Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - Agricultural spray and tank store.
- ConditionsSubmission of details following Prior Approval Required26 Aug 202626/01972/AREM

Site constraints 2

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.

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 2 November 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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Important details

Council: Braintree
Postcode: CO9 1RN
Received: 2 Jul 2026
Validated: 2 Jul 2026
Target decision: 29 Jul 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Required, more details
Decision date: 29 Jul 2026

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 29 Jul 2026

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

Gladfen Hall Gladfen Hall Road Greenstead Green Essex CO9 1RN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1