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Meekings Farm Harrow Hill Toppesfield Essex CO9 4LX

23/02022/COUPAChange of Use Prior ApprovalAwaiting decision
Prior approval

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C3), and for associated operational development - Change of use to 2no. residential dwellings.

Received
8 August 2023
Decision due
3 October 2023
Ward
YELDHAM
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Meekings Farm Harrow Hill Toppesfield Essex CO9 4LX. Braintree has handled 384 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 August 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,253 applications in total for the CO9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CO9 4LX
Application type
Change of Use Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Toppesfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Marie Laidler The Gatehouse Hadham Hall Little Hadham Ware SG11 2EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

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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