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Agricultural Buildings Berwick Hall Farm Park Lane Toppesfield Essex

17/01452/COUPAChange of Use Prior ApprovalApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 September 2017

Council decision: Permission/Approval not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to a flexible use within shops, financial and professional services, restaurants and cafes, business, storage or distribution, hotels or assembly or leisure - agricultural barn to flexible units Class B

Received
2 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
YELDHAM
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 40 days

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Agricultural Buildings Berwick Hall Farm Park Lane Toppesfield Essex. Braintree has handled 384 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2017
Consultation expiry
31 August 2017
Neighbour consultation end
31 August 2017
Target decision date
27 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Michael Jenner One Station Square Cambridge Cambs CB1 2GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Braintree

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