Greenstead Hall Lodge Church Road Greenstead Green Essex CO9 1QN Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/01995/HH

Council

Braintree 7/10

Date received

1 Sept 2026

Date validated

1 Sept 2026

Postcode

CO9 1QN

Description

Demolition of existing detached garage, partial demolition of existing bungalow. Erection of side and rear extensions. Erection of ancillary outbuilding. Associated changes to soft and hard landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 11 Sept 2026, 22:33

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision around 26 Oct 2026, from recent full applications across the UK.

Day 12 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide full applications by day 55.

prediction

Day 1244 days to the 56-day target

65%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

87,260decided 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 →

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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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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