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24/00514/VAR Pending Consideration

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of approved application Development originally permitted under Outline application reference (granted 12/04/19) for the construction of up to 300 dwellings (including up to 40% affordable) nursery/community facilities (420m2) and provision of access, roads, drainage infrastructure, open space and strategic landscaping, and demolition of existing garage/ workshop building. This consent was then subsequently varied under consent reference (granted 17/09/20) and then again under (granted 30/09/22) and then varied again under (granted 09/05/24). Variation would allow: Changes to the previously agreed levels. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 Mar 2024
Decision
Target date was 4 Jun 2024

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 4 Jun 2024.

The consultation period closed on 28 Mar 2024.

Documents 49

Plans & drawings 26

PDF 6180-sk055 Plotworks overland flow paths Drawing (Additional) · 17 May 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-sk049 Revised levels comparison isopachyte Drawing (Revised) · 29 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-sk023 Ffl comparison drawing - sheet 1 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-sk024 Ffl comparison drawing - sheet 2 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 61801-sk029 Ffl comparison drawing - sheet 3 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Ea001-str-egs-xx-dr-c-p-1003 rev c1 External works general arrangement sheet 3 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Ea001-str-egs-xx-dr-c-p-1004 rev c1 External works general arrangement sheet 4 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Ea001-str-egs-xx-dr-c-1101 rev c3 External works general arrangement phase 3 - sheet 1 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Ea001-str-egs-xx-dr-c-1102 rev c4 External works general arrangement phase 3 - sheet 2 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1005 rev c3 External works general arrangement sheet 5 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1006 rev c3 External works general arrangement sheet 6 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1007 rev c4 External works general arrangement sheet 7 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1008 rev c5 External works general arrangement sheet 8 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Cb_45_164_000 rev b Location plan Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1001nrev c4 External works general arrangement sheet 1 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1003 rev c6 External works general arrangement sheet 3 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1010 rev c4 External works general arrangement sheet 10 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Ea001-str-egs-xx-dr-c-p-1001 rev c1 External works general arrangement sheet 1 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-sk046 Levels comparison section Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1002 rev c9 External works general arrangement sheet 2 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1004 rev c3 External works general arrangement sheet 4 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1009 rev c3 External works general arrangement sheet 9 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-1011 rev c3 External works general arrangement sheet 11 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Ea001-str-egs-xx-dr-c-p-1002 rev c1 External works general arrangement sheet 2 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Ea001-str-egs-xx-dr-c-1103 rev c4 External works general arrangement phase 3 - sheet 3 Drawing · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF 6180-sk047 Levels comparison isopachyte Drawing (Superseded) · 5 Mar 2024 View ↗

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Associated applications 14

Site constraints 4

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath 18 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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
National infrastructure project 1083 m away: Norwich to Tilbury.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 19 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Received
5 Mar 2024
Validated
5 Mar 2024
Target decision
4 Jun 2024

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
28 Mar 2024
Statutory expiry
4 Jun 2024
Braintree
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#61 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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