New Local Plan

On June 5th 2017 the Publication Draft Local Plan was approved for a Regulation 19 Consultation and Submission by Council.

The document is in two parts:

• Section 1 - Strategic Plan for North Essex - including the Garden Communities (This document is shared with Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council)
• Section 2 - Policies, maps and sites for development, housing, employment, regeneration etc within Braintree District Council

The Publication Draft Local Plan Consultation closed at 5pm on Friday 28th July 2017

To read the document and view the comments made during the Local Plan Publication Draft Plan Consultation 16th June - 28th July 2017, please visit the consultation portal.

A pdf version of the document is below (in sections due to the document size):

Publication Draft Local Plan Section 1 Text

Publication Draft Local Plan Section 2 Text

Section 2 Maps 1 Braintree and 2 Witham

Section 2 Maps 3 Ashen to 20 Cressing Tye Green

Section 2 Maps 21 Earls Colne & White Colne to 33 Greenstead Green

Section 2 Maps 34 Halstead to 52 Shalford Church End

Section 2 Maps 53 Sible Hedingham to 67 Wickham St Paul

Section 2 Maps 68 Landscape Character Areas   69 District Map 70 Minerals

SA Section 1 - Non Technical Summary and Appraisal June 2017

SA Section 2 Non Technical Summary June 2017

SA Section 2 Main Report June 2017

SA Section 2 Appendix 1 June 2017

Public Notice of Regulation 19 Consultation

Guidance Notes and Response Form

Minor modifications made following the consultation are listed under Section 1

The Plan was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on 9th October 2017.

Section 1 - See Section 1 Examination

Section 2 - Awaiting notification of Inspector from the Planning Inspectorate

Exhibitions to support the 2017 consultation were held at the following locations:

To be added to our consultation database please email localplan@braintree.gov.uk with your name and address.

Updated June 2018