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Land Adjacent Butlers Wood And Waldergrave Wood West Of A131 Sudbury Road Twinstead Essex

23/01488/VARS73 to Vary Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) & Condition 3 (Surface Water Drainage) of approved application 22/01147/FUL granted 25.10.2022 for: A new 400/132 kilovolt (kV) Grid Supply Point (GSP) substation including two supergrid transformers, associated buildings, equipment and switchgear, a single circuit cable sealing end compound, a new permanent vehicular access to the public highway, associated landscaping (including boundary fencing, an area for Biodiversity Net Gain, and landscape mounding) and drainage.Condition 2:- Would allow a reduction of substation footprint , improved cable alignment, rationalisation of the number and location of buildings, revised position and alignment of the supergrid transformer gantry moving it further from the A131.Condition 3 to be reworded.

Received
6 June 2023
Decision due
5 September 2023
Ward
STOUR VALLEY SOUTH
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Adjacent Butlers Wood And Waldergrave Wood West Of A131 Sudbury Road Twinstead Essex. Braintree has handled 384 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 June 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

Application type
S73 to Vary Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bulmer Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2023
Consultation expiry
10 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Nick Edwards 32 Lowther Street Kendal LA97AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    24 Nov

    Application for approval of details as reserved by condition 3 of approved application 23/01488/VAR

    PendingDischarge of conditions23/02836/DAC
  2. 2023
    6 Jun

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) & Condition 3 (Surface Water Drainage) of approved application…

    This applicationPendingVariation of conditions (s73)23/01488/VAR

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