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Approved 25/02388/S106A
Council
Braintree 7/10
Date received
23 Oct 2025
Date validated
23 Oct 2025
Decision date
week of 6 Jul 2026

Description

Application to modify details relating to S106 of for Hybrid planning application for a mixed use development for up to 825 Residential Units, with part submitted in outline (with all matters reserved) and part submitted in detail, where The Outline Component of the application seeks approval for: i. Up to 636 Residential Units (Use Class C3) ii. Up to 0.95ha of land for Business Use (Use Class B1, B2, B8); iii. Up to 2.38ha of land for the provision of a Neighbourhood Centre with possible uses including Retail, Commercial, Residential Care, Health, Veterinary and Crèche Uses (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1a, C2, D1a, D1b); iv. Up to 2ha of land for a Primary School; v. Up to 2.88ha of land for Community Sports Facilities; and vi. All associated open space, landscaping, parking, utilities, drainage and infrastructure. The Detailed Component of the application seeks approval for: vii. 189 Residential Units (Use Class C3) including parking and utilities; viii. New link road between Panfield Lane and Springwood Drive and new roundabout at junction of Panfield Lane and Churchill Road. Amendments include: Schedule 2 - Community Sports Facility Land: Removal of requirement to transfer land to Braintree DC, and in lieu, provision of an off-site financial contribution for community sports purposes within Braintree; Schedule 3 - Employment Initiatives Contribution: Deletion of the schedule; Schedule 6 - Affordable Housing: Changes to definition of Affordable Housing for Rent; and Amend nomination rights for subsequent lets; Schedule 10 - Highways and Public Transport, Part 1 - Highway Works: Amendments to timing of provision of new road linking Springwood Drive and Panfield Lane; and Removal of the requirement to upgrade footpath between Panfield Lane and Bailey Bridge Road to footway/cycleway; and Schedule 13 - The Coach House Link: Inclusion of new obligation to enable provision of additional pedestrian access to the site from adjoining land. Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 1

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.
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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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
132 refused in the year to March 2026
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