Braintree District Council Planning Services encourages you to
seek advice before submitting a planning application. This advice
gives you and the Local Planning Authority a better idea about the
prospects of an application being successful. It also helps to
ensure that you include all the relevant material (drawings and
other information) when you submit an application which reduces
delays and helps the authority deliver a higher quality of
development.
There are different ways to get planning advice, depending
on the nature of the proposal.
Duty Planner
The Duty Planner can provide guidance on:-
- whether planning permission is required
- help with filling in application forms
- explaining application drawings for current applications.
The Duty Planner is available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
between 9:30am and 12:30pm at Causeway House in Braintree, on
a drop-in, first come first served basis. Alternatively phone 01376
552525 during these hours to talk to the Duty Planner. For further
information please click on this link to
the Duty
Planner.
Preliminary Enquiries
For free written informal
advice on whether planning permission is required please send a
covering letter and plans (where relevant) to Sustainable
Development, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree CM7 5SL. We aim
to respond to such enquiries within 28 days of receipt.
Pre-application Advice
This is
a formal approach for proposals for new dwellings,
householder and listed building enquiries, changes of use and
industrial / commercial development. Please
submit detailed plans, a completed application form and a
fee. Responses can be either by letter or discussed at a
meeting with a follow up letter. A response by letter will be
provided within 28 days of receipt of the valid application. A
meeting with all relevant consultees, Case Officer and Area
Manager, followed by a letter will normally take place within 35
days. For further details please click on this link to
Pre-Application
Advice.
For further details on any of the above please click on the
relevant box to the left of this page.