42 East Street Coggeshall Essex CO6 1SJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Proposed conversion and alteration of the existing storage building to create residential accommodation comprising a ground-floor office and first-floor bedroom and en-suite, including the formation of new openings within the rear elevation and the replacement of weatherboarding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2026
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Approved
22 Oct 2026

Approved on 22 Oct 2026 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 28

Consultation & comments 1

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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Brook House
List entry 1123149 · 14 m away · 57 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade II*, 52 Grade II)
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 ↗
Coggeshall 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 ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1240 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; Inside the Coggeshall built-up area; Priority habitat 13 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £900,000 in September 2025. Terraced house, freehold.

2 September 2025£900,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Braintree
Postcode
CO6 1SJ
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Target decision
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Application GRANTED
Decision date
22 Oct 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 72 days from validation, 19 days slower than Braintree's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 88% of extensions here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
524decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Braintree in the last twelve months, from validation. Braintree decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
26/01865/HH
Statutory expiry
6 Oct 2026
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
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.