Ashes Field The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/01817/FUL
Commercial & major worksNew homes
Council
Braintree 7/10
Date received
around 13 Aug 2026
Date validated
13 Aug 2026
Postcode
CM77 8DQ

Description

Proposed erection of two custom and self-build bungalows with associated access, parking, landscaping, drainage, and other works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from recent full applications across the UK.

Day 57, past the statutory target. 81% of full applications in Braintree are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 12 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

Day 571 days past the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
96,673decided 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 3

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Grimwoods (Former Post Office), Grade II, about 28 m from the postcode pin · 6 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 ↗
Cressing 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 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) agrees.
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.

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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Refused
Erection of 5 No. custom built dwellings and landscaping.
23/00220/FUL
2023 Refused
Erection of 5 No. custom built dwellings and landscaping.
23/00220/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023
Squirrels The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Erection of part single-storey, part two-storey rear extension, and conversion of existin…
23/00797/HH
2023
Squirrels The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Erection of part single-storey, part two-storey rear extension, and conversion of existin…
23/00797/HH
2022
Land On The North Side Of Polecat Road Cressing Essex
Erection of 1No. two-storey 6-bedroom self-build dwelling, with single-storey detached ga…
22/02555/FUL
2022
Land On The North Side Of Polecat Road Cressing Essex
Erection of 1No. two-storey 6-bedroom self-build dwelling, with single-storey detached ga…
22/02555/FUL
2022 Approved
The Old Barn The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to a tree in a Conservation Area - x 1 Cherry (C1) to…
22/00995/TPOCON
2022 Approved
The Old Barn The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to a tree in a Conservation Area - x 1 Cherry (C1) to…
22/00995/TPOCON
2022 Approved
The Old Vicarage The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Gleditsia - Dismantl…
22/00620/TPOCON
2022 Approved
The Old Vicarage The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Gleditsia - Dismantl…
22/00620/TPOCON
2022 Approved
Wakering Villa The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Single-story rear extension
22/00268/HH
2022 Approved
Wakering Villa The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Single-story rear extension
22/00268/HH
2021 Approved
The Old Vicarage The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Application for approval of details as reserved by conditions 4 & 5 of approved applicati…
21/02614/DAC
2021 Approved
The Old Barn The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Permitted Development Rights Enquiry
21/01284/PD
2021 Approved
The Old Post Office The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 Blue Spruce t…
21/01102/TPOCON
2020 Approved
The Old Vicarage The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Ash Tree Section…
20/00321/TPOCON
2020 Approved
The Old Vicarage The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Ash Tree Section…
20/00321/TPOCON
2020 Refused
The Willows Inn The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Retrospective Change of Use from a Public House (A4) to a Restaurant (A3)
20/00075/FUL
2020 Refused
The Willows Inn The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Retrospective Change of Use from a Public House (A4) to a Restaurant (A3)
20/00075/FUL
2019 Approved
Courtneys The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Cut down an Acer Cri…
19/00278/TPOCON
2019 Approved
Courtneys The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Cut down an Acer Cri…
19/00278/TPOCON
2018 Approved
The Old Post Office The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell Cherry Tree (T…
18/00148/TPOCON
2018 Approved
Rook Hall Polecat Road Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Remove 1 Willow (T1…
18/00054/TPOCON
2017 Approved
The Old Post Office The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 Eucalyptus a…
17/00016/TPOCON
2017 Approved
The Old Post Office The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 Eucalyptus a…
17/00016/TPOCON
2016 Approved
Evangelical Church The Street Cressing Essex CM77 8DQ
Application for approval of details reserved by condition nos. 3, 4 and 5 of approved app…
16/01114/DAC
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