Local Plan Review - Issues and Options
Engagement on the Local Plan review is the Issues and Options stage.
What did we consult on?
This is where we outlined the key challenges for future development and asked for your views on how we can best address these through planning policies.
Consultees were asked to comment on whether the vision, objectives and policies continue to be appropriate and if not, suggest changes to help ensure we meet the district’s needs. In addition, we are asked if the Local Plan period should be extended to 2041 to cover a 15-year period or whether an alternative longer period would be better.
How to participate
The quickest and easiest way to comment was using our new engagement platform. This allowed consultees to download the draft documents and sign up for email updates for future consultation events and updates on the Local Plan review.
A pdf response form was downloadable.
Drop-in exhibitions
These were opportunities to meet with our planning officers at a public drop-in exhibition to find out more and ask any questions. They were held:
- Monday 27 January: Kelvedon Institute (Small Hall) - 4pm-7:30pm
- Tuesday 28 January: Coggeshall Village Hall (Main Hall) - 4pm-7:30pm
- Wednesday 29 January: Halstead Queens Hall - 4pm-7:30pm
- Thursday 30 January: Hatfield Peverel Village Hall (Room 3 - Vic Olley Room) - 4pm-7:30pm
- Tuesday 4 February: Braintree Town Hall - 4pm-7:30pm
- Thursday 6 February: Witham Public Hall - 3:30pm-7pm
- Saturday 8 February: Braintree Town Hall - 9am-12noon
Paper response forms were available on request or from our offices at Causeway House in Braintree or one of the following libraries: Braintree, Coggeshall, Earls Colne, Halstead, Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon, Sible Hedingham, Silver End and Witham.
Response form could be returned by:
- Emailing planningpolicy@braintree.gov.uk
- Posting to: Planning Policy, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree. CM7 9HB
The consultation ran from Friday 20 January 2025 until midnight on Friday 7 March 2025. Responses are now being processed.
Page updated: March 2025
