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Congregational Church The Street Toppesfield Halstead Essex

03/01676/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 17 March 2004

Council decision: Refused then allowed on appeal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing building to private dwelling

Received
13 August 2003
Ward
UPPER COLNE
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 211 days

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Congregational Church The Street Toppesfield Halstead Essex. Braintree has handled 384 applications of this type. This one was decided in 217 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Application details

Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Toppesfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2003
Target decision date
14 October 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5/7 Head Street Halstead Essex C09 2AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Allowed
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Toppesfield
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Post OfficeOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Braintree

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