Land Adjacent Butlers Wood And Waldergrave Wood West Of A131 Sudbury Road Twinstead Essex Data via plota.co.uk

24/00217/DAC Pending Consideration

Proposal

Application for approval of details as reserved by conditions 9 (LEMP),10 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) and 11 (Landscaping scheme) of approved application 25/00577/VAR Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Oct 2026, 10:39

Application progress

✓

Received

31 Jan 2024

Decision

Target date was 27 Mar 2024

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 1001.

Documents 16

Site constraints 5

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.

National infrastructure project about 100 m away: Bramford to Twinstead

The site is about 100 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

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Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX

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

Also on the record

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 5 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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, 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.

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Important details

Council: Braintree
Received: 31 Jan 2024
Validated: 31 Jan 2024
Target decision: 27 Mar 2024

Decision outlook

Day 1001, past the statutory target. 78% of full applications in Braintree are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 1001945 days past the 56-day target

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

Statutory expiry: 27 Mar 2024

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

Land Adjacent Butlers Wood And Waldergrave Wood West Of A131 Sudbury Road Twinstead Essex Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 8

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 4

Site constraints 5

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