Planning appeal decision
Plough Cottage, The Green, White Notley, Witham, Essex, CM8 1RG
Planning appeal 3318679 at Plough Cottage, The Green, White Notley, Witham, Essex, CM8 1RG (Braintree District Council) was dismissed on 7 December 2023 by Inspector Aston R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve the special architectural and historic interest of Plough Cottage, a Grade II listed building.
replacement of all current single glazed six pane windows with new two pane double glazed windows
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Aston R
- Postcode
- CM8 1RG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve the special architectural and historic interest of Plough Cottage, a Grade II listed building
What decided it
The introduction of uPVC frames, lacking the authenticity and craftsmanship of traditionally constructed and painted timber, would further erode the historic architectural interest of the listed building, and the public benefits of the proposal do not outweigh this less than substantial harm to the heritage asset.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Braintree District Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed28 October 20266008511Rose Cottage Church Road, Terling, CM3 2PH
- Dismissed20 October 2026600854161 Aparthotel At Kings Road, Halstead, CO9 1HA
- Dismissed12 October 20266014774Land South of Pen-Lan, Bures, CO8 5DL
- Dismissed12 October 202660127499 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2NU
- Dismissed9 October 20266006918Wards Farm, Gladfen Hall Road, Greenstead Green, CO9 1RN
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®