braintree district council

Appeal: Braintree village plan scuppered by policy conflict and countryside harm

03.08.2020

Huw Morris

braintree district council | Grade II listed | Heritage | Housing | Legal | local plan | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | South East

Plans for 150 homes at a village near Braintree in Essex have been rejected after an inspector found they did not accord with national planning policy and would significantly harm the countryside.
Inspector rules one North Essex garden community sound, but two others should be struck from plan

21.05.2020

Laura Edgar

braintree district council | colchester | North Essex Garden Communities | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Planning Inspectorate | South East | Tendring District Council

The Planning Inspectorate has decided that a garden community development on the Tendring and Colchester border would be sustainable, but two other garden communities proposed in the North Essex Garden Communities’ plan should be removed.
Appeal: Loss of BMV land does not preclude Essex homes

26.10.2016

Martha Harris

BMV land | braintree district council | Housing | Infrastructure - Green | Rural | South East

Thirty-seven homes have been approved for grade 2 agricultural land in Great Bardfield, Essex, after an inspector concluded that the district had sufficient supply of best and most versatile (BMV) land....