Land East Of Broad Road Braintree Essex Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/01486/NMA
Date received
3 Jul 2025
Date validated
3 Jul 2025
Decision date
week of 11 Aug 2025

Description

Non-Material Amendment to permission granted 31.03.2021 for: Outline application with all matters reserved except access for up to 1000 residential dwellings, including affordable and market housing; land for new primary school and early years/childcare facilities; a local centre including A1-A5 retail uses; land for the provision of employment use (B1/B2 use class); creation of two vehicular access points from the A131/Broad Road; a network of cycle and pedestrian routes, improvements to the River Walk to South of the Site; provision of sustainable drainage systems and other associated infrastructure; open space and landscaping. This application has been submitted with an Environmental Impact Assessment. Amendment would allow Condition 2 to be updated to include the list of approved plans and documents at the end: ...and shall demonstrate compliance and be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and documents listed below: Location Plan -- Plan Ref: (Barton Wilmore Drawing) 9000 Rev B Version 03.10.2017 Other -- Plan Ref: Straits Mill Outline Design Code (Barton Wilmore) Version: August 2019 Access Details Plan Ref: (Atkins Drawing) Proposed Roundabout drg no. BROAD-SK-D-0003 REV P1.2 Version: 17.10.2019 Access Details -- Plan Ref: (Atkins Drawing) Proposed Priority Junction Broad Road, Braintree dg no. BROAD-DR-D-0003 REV P5 Version: 06.09.2017 Parameter Drawing -- Plan Ref: (Barton Wilmore Drawing) Parameter Plan Land Use and Access 9600 REV M Version: 26.07.2017 Parameter Drawing -- Plan Ref: (Barton Wilmore Drawing) Parameter Plan Building Heights 9601 REV K Version: 26.09.2017 Parameter Drawing -- Plan Ref: (Barton Wilmore Drawing) Parameter Plan Green Infrastructure 9602 REV L Version 26.09.2017 Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interest of proper planning. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Associated applications 25

Site constraints 3

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.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 489 m away: Bocking Blackwater; Priority habitat 41 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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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Braintree
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#61 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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