Planning and building control

Information and services in planning and building control

• Planning applications

  Find out how to apply for planning permission

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

  Due to the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have made changes to our planning services. The best way to submit documents and applications is online or by email. You should use our Public Access online planning register to submit comments on planning applications. You can still use the letterbox at Causeway House to submit documents, which we will collect regularly.

  • Check if you need planning permission
  • Make a planning application
  • View or comment on planning applications
  • Pre-application advice
  • Duty Planning Officer
  • Temporary changes to construction working hours (Covid-19)

  • Planning validation list
  • Planning appeals
  • Public planning inquiries
  • Planning consultations
  • Planning Committee
  • Street naming and numbering

  • New government policy on retail opening hours

  

• Planning enforcement

  Find out how to make an enforcement complaint

  • About planning enforcement
  • Reporting a planning breach
  • Temporary changes to construction working hours

   

• Building control

  Find out how to apply for building control

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

  Due to the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have made changes to our building control service. The best way to submit documents and applications is online or by email. You can still use the letterbox at Causeway House to submit documents, which we will collect regularly.

  • Check if you need building control
  • Apply for building control
  • Regularisation (approval for work already complete)
  • Book a site inspection

  • Building control fees and charges
  • Dangerous buildings and structures
  • Demolition of buildings

• Planning policy and the Local Plan

  Information on planning policy and the local plan 

  • Braintree District Development Plan
  • The Emerging Local Plan
  • Section 2 examination
  • Section 1 examination (completed)
  • Village design statements

  • Monitoring reports
  • Self and custom build homes
  • Neighbourhood planning
  • Consultation portal

• Trees and high hedges

  Information on trees and high hedges

  • Report a tree problem
  • Protected trees and hedges
  • Neighbouring trees and vegetation
  • Trees on our land

  • Wildlife and conservation
  • Landscape services volunteers

• Local land charges

  Find out about local land charges

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

  Due to the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have made changes to our local land charges service. The best way to submit documents and applications is online or by email. You can still use the letterbox at Causeway House to submit documents, which we will collect regularly.

  • Apply for a local land charge search
  • Local Land Charges fees

  • Useful local land charges contacts
  • CON29 form default answers

• Conservation Areas, Listed Buildings, Registered Parks and Gardens, and Historic Monuments

  Find out more about the heritage assets within our district 

  • Conservation areas
  • Working on a property in a conversation area
  • Listed buildings in our district

  • Working on a listed building
  • Registered Parks and Gardens
  • Historic Monuments

• Section 106 agreements and unilateral undertakings

  Find out how to set up a Section 106 agreement

  • Section 106 agreements and unilateral undertakings
  • Setting up a Section 106 agreement
  • Completed Section 106 agreements, balances and projects

  • Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA)