3 Cathcart Close Braintree Essex CM7 2BF Data via plota.co.uk
Description
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development -Proposed summer house/office. Data via plota.co.uk
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Decision outlook
Plota predicts a decision around 11 Nov 2026, from recent lawful development certificates across the UK.
Day 15 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide lawful development certificates by day 51.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent lawful development certificates in Braintree to go on. Braintree decision record →
Site constraints 3
Checked on 23 September 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 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 £399,995 in August 2019. Detached house, freehold.
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
3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.