Houlkers Beslyns Road Great Bardfield Essex CM7 4TG Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/00195/TPOCON

Appeal: Dismissed · 13 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002112 ↗

Council

Braintree 7/10

Date received

3 Feb 2025

Date validated

3 Feb 2025

Decision date

week of 17 Mar 2025

Postcode

CM7 4TG

Description

Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1. Juniper. Cut to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 17 Oct 2026, 06:33

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £540,000 in November 2007. Detached house, freehold.

22 November 2007£540,000

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

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Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved

Erection of single-storey rear extension, first floor side extension, external wall cladd…

21/03667/HH 1 Mar 2022

2018 Approved

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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

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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