As of 13 February 2006, requests from an agent or applicant to change the proposed development by submitting revised plans and/or additional information, will no longer be accepted by Braintree District Council.  The revised plans and/or additional information will instead be returned to the applicant or agent.

If a revision to the proposed design/layout or additional information is required, the application should be withdrawn and resubmitted with the revised plans and/or additional information.

No additional planning fee would be required providing the revised application would be the second application received; is submitted within a year of the date of registration of the withdrawn applicaion; and the character and description of the proposal remain the same.

In some cases however, the Case Officer may request revised plans by means of a letter or discussion. These will be accepted and form part of the final decision plans.

This change highlights the importance of preliminary planning discussions with a planning officer prior to the submission of an application, to agree the proposed design and layout and amend it at this stage, not during the life of an application.

These changes have had to be introduced to reflect current practices in other local planning authorities and to improve Development Control performance and meet Government targets.

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