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Approved 25/02301/VAR

Admin / procedural

Council

Braintree 7/10

Date received

17 Oct 2025

Date validated

17 Oct 2025

Decision date

week of 16 Mar 2026

Description

Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of approved application granted 31.03.21 (as amended by 25/01486/NMA) for: Outline application with all matters reserved except access for up to 1000 residential dwellings, including affordable and market housing; land for new primary school and early years/childcare facilities; a local centre including A1-A5 retail uses; land for the provision of employment use (B1/B2 use class); creation of two vehicular access points from the A131/Broad Road; a network of cycle and pedestrian routes, improvements to the River Walk to South of the Site; provision of sustainable drainage systems and other associated infrastructure; open space and landscaping. This application has been submitted with an Environmental Impact Assessment. Variation would allow:- Alterations to the previously approved Building Heights Parameter Plan (to increase the maximum height of two and three storey dwellings by 0.5m) and amendments to the previously approved Outline Design Code Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 14 Oct 2026, 01:10

Associated applications 25

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Outline13 Jul 2018council archive

Conditions 2, 40 varied
- VariationVariation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans)This application17 Oct 202525/02301/VAR
  Conditions 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28 discharged · 13, 26, 29, 30, 42, 44, 51 awaiting decision · 15 decided (outcome not recorded)
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 15 (Archaeology 2 -Fieldwork)15 Oct 202626/02393/DAC
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 26 (Skylark Mitigation Strategy)8 Oct 202626/02327/DAC
  - ConditionsPartial discharge of condition 44 (Materials) for Phase 1A1 Oct 202626/02263/DAC
  - Show 12 earlier · 6 approved, 6 pending
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 42 (Lighting Scheme- Phase 1B).20 Aug 202626/01931/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 19 (Phase 1A & 1B SUDS 4 Construction Phase Flood Risk).17 Aug 202626/01895/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 51 (Phase 1A & 1B SUDS 5 Baseline Information).17 Aug 202626/01900/DAC
    - Application made under Section 106A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)…6 Aug 202626/01578/S106A
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 29 (Tree Protection) (Phase 1B).22 Jul 202626/01700/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 27 (Badger Method Statement).17 Jul 202626/01644/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 30 (PROW)13 Jul 202626/01595/DAC
    - ConditionsPasrt discharge of condition 23 (Contamination 4 -Long Term Monitoring)8 Jul 202626/01571/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 25 (Noise -Phase 1A).1 Jul 202626/01500/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 21 (Contamination -Remediation)15 Jun 202626/01288/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 13 (Construction Method Statement- Phase 1A & 1B).4 Jun 202626/01226/DAC
    - ConditionsDischarge of condition 28 (Bus Stop Details)24 Apr 202626/00941/DAC
- Show 8 more · 5 approved, 3 pending
  - Reserved mattersApplication for the approval of Reserved Matters (in respect of appearance, landscaping…2 Apr 202626/00736/REM
  - Reserved mattersApplication for the approval of Reserved Matters (in respect of appearance, landscaping…29 Mar 202626/00675/REM
    Conditions 10, 11 discharged · 8, 21 awaiting decision
    - Show 3 more · 1 approved, 2 pending
      AmendmentNon-Material Amendment8 Sep 202626/01983/NMA
      ConditionsDischarge of conditions 10 (Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) and Tree Protection Plan…1 Sep 202626/01981/DAC
      ConditionsDischarge of conditions 8 (Site Levels) & 21 (CEMP) - Phase 1A28 Aug 202626/01982/DAC
  - AmendmentNon-Material Amendment3 Jul 202525/01486/NMA
  - Application made under Section 106A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)…3 Jun 202525/01240/S106A
  - AmendmentNon-Material Amendment28 Oct 202424/02309/NMA

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) 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.

Also on the record

Local nature reserve 489 m away: Bocking Blackwater; Priority habitat 41 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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 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

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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

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