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Planning appeals in Braintree District Council

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Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Braintree District Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 885 planning appeals in Braintree District Council since 2016, of which 30% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 63 decisions, 24% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 27 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

912

appeals on record since 2016

30%

of decided appeals allowed

27 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 24% allowed

By appeal type

Householder179 decided

36% allowed

Minor515 decided

29% allowed

Major77 decided

36% allowed

Commercial7 decided

43% allowed

Enforcement38 decided

8% allowed

Other92 decided

22% allowed

Not classified4 decided

25% allowed

By procedure

Written representations839 decided

29% allowed

Hearings43 decided

35% allowed

Inquiries30 decided

43% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 49 · 23% allowed 2025 · 90 · 24% allowed 2024 · 92 · 24% allowed 2023 · 80 · 34% allowed 2022 · 95 · 29% allowed 2021 · 76 · 23% allowed 2020 · 101 · 30% allowed 2019 · 119 · 38% allowed 2018 · 90 · 33% allowed 2017 · 84 · 35% allowed 2016 · 36 · 36% allowed

Latest decisions in Braintree District Council

Dismissed28 October 2026· other6008511
Rose Cottage Church Road, Terling, CM3 2PH
Dismissed20 October 2026· minor6008541
61 Aparthotel At Kings Road, Halstead, CO9 1HA
the proposed conversion of 8 self-contained serviced suites into 6 number 1 bedroom and 2 number 2 bedroomed dwellings
Dismissed12 October 20266014774
Land South of Pen-Lan, Bures, CO8 5DL
repositioning and formal construction of a new vehicular access
Dismissed12 October 2026· householder6012749
9 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2NU
alteration of existing boundary wall to form a 4.0m wide vehicular access with inward-opening automated gates, including provision of on-site turning area and no alterations to the public highway
Dismissed9 October 2026· householder6006918
Wards Farm, Gladfen Hall Road, Greenstead Green, CO9 1RN
the erection of an oak framed extension following removal of existing
Dismissed9 October 2026· other6006917
Wards Farm, Gladfen Hall Road, Greenstead Green, CO9 1RN
the erection of an oak framed extension following removal of existing
Allowed8 October 2026· major6008421
Appletree Farm, Polecat Road, Cressing, CM77 8PW
the S73a variation of condition for the erection of 77 residential dwellings with associated open space, landscaping, amenity space, car and cycle parking and other associated works including the variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans); Condition 3 (Materials); Condition 6 (Contamination); Condition 8 (CMP); Condition 9, 10 & 11 (SUDS); Condition 14 (CEMP); Condition 16 (Refused & Lighting); Condition 18 (Hard Landscaping) of application 18/00920/FUL granted 13/02/2020 for the: Demolition of existing buildings on site and erection of 78 residential dwellings with associated open space, landscaping, amenity space, car and cycle parking and other associated works, without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 22/02600/VAR, dated 23 December 2022
Allowed18 September 2026· householder6010904
Stonecroft, Hatfield, CM3 2NS
Detached two-storey garage, home office and storage ancillary to principal dwelling
Allowed25 August 2026· householder6012327
11 Foxmead, Rivenhall End, Witham, CM8 3HD
Demolish garage to side and build two-storey extension, build ground-floor extension to rear and make fenestration changes
Dismissed24 August 2026· householder6011447
2 Bright Avenue, Witham, CM8 1ZE
Loft conversion incorporating 1 No. front and 3 No. rear dormers
Dismissed24 August 2026· minor6009868
The Grannex at Paddock Cottage, Cranes Lane, Kelvedon, C05 9AY
Change of use of the existing annexe, currently ancillary to the main dwelling, to form 1 no. independent residential dwelling
Dismissed24 August 20266009270
Land Adjacent To Village Hall, Clay Hill, Great Henny, CO10 7NL
Proposed replacement outbuilding (pottery studio, single-storey, larch cladding over brick plinth, metal standing seam pitched roof, with work benches, kiln, potter's wheel, shelving, tool storage, clay bins, painting and drying area, sink and general storage)
Allowed7 August 2026· householder6008243
35 Morley Road, Halstead, CO9 2EE
Erection of a front boundary wall
Notice varied and upheld13 July 2026· minor3352972
Canie Hall, Toppesfield Road, Great Yeldham, England, CO9 4HB
Without planning permission, the erection of a single storey rear extension to a detached outbuilding (shown edged in blue on the plan) and the material change of use of the outbuilding (shown edged in blue on the plan) to a separate self-contained residential unit, and the construction of fencing all within the Land shown edged in red on the attached plan
Dismissed13 July 2026· householder3352645
Canie Hall , Toppesfield Road , Great Yeldham , Essex, CO9 4HB

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.