Land Adjacent Woodlands Parkhall Road Gosfield Essex Data via plota.co.uk

25/02268/FUL Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing units & erection of 4 No. dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Nov 2026, 16:40

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Application progress

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Received

8 Oct 2025

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Approved

25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Last checked 1 Nov 2026

Documents 41

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated report Decision · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision notice Decision · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 13

PDF - bdc ecology Consultee Comment · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended bng metric response Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Bng calculation Documentation (Revised) · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF - bdc ecology Consultee Comment · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain assessment Documentation (Additional) · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Bng calculation Documentation (Superseded) · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Design & access statement Documentation · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF - bdc ecology Consultee Comment · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment Documentation · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Statement Documentation · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity statement Documentation · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary ecological assessment Documentation · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural report Documentation (Superseded) · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 17

Application forms 1

PDF Application form - without personal data Application Form (Public) · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 7

PDF - ecc highways Consultee Comment · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Bdc landscape services Consultee Comment · 16 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF - ecc highways Consultee Comment · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Bdc landscape services Consultee Comment · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF - gosfield parish council Consultee Comment · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Essex fire & rescue Consultee Comment · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Essex fire and rescue Consultee Comment · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗

Associated applications 4

FullApproved25 Mar 202625/02268/FULThis application
Demolition of existing units & erection of 4 No. dwellings
Conditions 4, 5 discharged · 7, 8, 12 awaiting decision · 2 variation sought
- ConditionsDischarge of Condition 7 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan), 8…30 Oct 202626/02524/DAC
- VariationVariation of Condition 2 (Approved plans)20 Oct 202626/02407/VAR
- ConditionsDischarge of Condition 4 (Materials), 5 (Building Levels) 6 (Means of Enclosure), 9 (Great…11 Sep 202626/02102/DAC

Site constraints 3

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

SSSI 208 m away: Bovingdon Hall Woods SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 1 November 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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Important details

Council: Braintree
Postcode: CO9 1SQ
Received: 8 Oct 2025
Validated: 8 Oct 2025
Target decision: 3 Dec 2025
Decision: Application GRANTED
Decision date: 25 Mar 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 168 days from validation, 112 days slower than Braintree's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 81% of full applications here are.

This one168d

Council56d

UK57d

52%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

37decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 6 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry: 3 Dec 2025

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