{"id":806,"date":"2026-01-01T18:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/?p=806"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:10:20","slug":"notice-of-public-consultation-braintree-district-council-local-plan-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION \u2013 Braintree District Council \u2013 Local Plan Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Regulation 18 \u2013 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our current adopted Local Plan is over 5 years old and planned to deliver 716 homes a year. National Government has set a new mandatory target requiring the Council to deliver around 1,300 homes per year. A review of the current plan is being undertaken as a Revised Local Plan will help address this challenge so that we can retain control of where we would like to see growth and protect the places where growth would not be sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following our previous public consultation to help identify issues and options, we are now publishing our Preferred Options for public consultation under Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. A Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulation Assessment accompany the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to View the Consultation Documents:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Online: www.braintree.gov.uk\/ConsultLP<\/a>Braintree District Council Offices, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree (during usual working hours)Public libraries across the District (during usual working hours)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to Respond:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Consultation responses are strongly encouraged directly via the Councils online consultation system. Please contact us if you have forgotten the username or password for your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online: www.braintree.gov.uk\/ConsultLP<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For those unable to respond online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forms can be requested from the Planning Policy Team (see contact details below)Paper response forms are available at Braintree District Council Offices, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree and from public libraries.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Consultation Period<\/strong>: Tuesday 3rd March to 5pm Friday 17th April. Late responses will not be accepted.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Consultation Events:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As part of the consultation, exhibitions are being held across the District. These are drop in sessions which are being held from 3pm to 7pm at the following locations;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hatfield Peverel Village Hall \u2013 Monday 9th March
The Institute, Kelvedon \u2013 Tuesday 10 March
Coggeshall Village Hall (Main Hall) \u2013 Wednesday 11 March Braintree Town Hall \u2013 Tuesday 17 March
Queens Hall, Halstead \u2013 Wednesday 18 March
Cressing Sports and Social Club \u2013 Thursday 19th March<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Information on all areas will be available at all sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webinar:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are holding a virtual webinar on Microsoft Teams where our Planning Policy team will outline what the Local Plan is, what it covers, explain the consultation process, and highlight how the Local Plan will shape the future of the district:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 24th March from 6pm-7pm. Register<\/a> or visit our website.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The webinar will be recorded and shared on Local Plan Review webpage for anyone who is unable to attend on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Happens Next:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following the consultation, we will consider all the comments and redraft the document to take account of the responses. Once agreed by Council the pre-submission document will then be published for a final public consultation period before it is submitted to the Planning Inspector later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Reading:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A\u00a0summary document<\/a>\u00a0to accompany the consultation is available Government guidance requires that sound evidence is required to support a Local Plan. Our\u00a0Evidence Base<\/a>\u00a0Documents can be found on the Council\u2019s website For more information on the Local Plan Review:\u00a0www.braintree.gov.uk\/localplanreview<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kind regards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning Policy Team
planningpolicy@braintree.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braintree District Council
Causeway House
Bocking End
Braintree
CM7 9HB
01376 552525 and ask for planning policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regulation 18 \u2013 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. Our current adopted Local Plan is over 5 years old and planned to deliver 716 homes a year. National Government has set a new mandatory target requiring the Council to deliver around 1,300 homes per year. A review […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}