Swallow Cottage The Street Birdbrook Essex CO9 4BN
Approved on 7 November 2023
Council decision: Application GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of No.5 solar panels to rear roof and No.9 to front roof of property
- Received
- 2 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Braintree District Council
- Ward
- BUMPSTEAD
- ReceivedReceived2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Sep
- Consult.Consultation10 Oct
- TargetTarget Date9 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 54 days
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Swallow Cottage The Street Birdbrook Essex CO9 4BN. Braintree has handled 1,611 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days. The site is in the Birdbrook conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,253 applications in total for the CO9 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CO9 4BN
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Birdbrook Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 10 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 9 November 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Birdbrook
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202113 May
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Cherry - Fell as its too close to the…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area21/01547/TPOCON - 202025 Dec
Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Scotts Pine - Dying and leaning towards…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area20/00454/TPOCON - 201619 Nov
Erection of first floor extension over existing garage, replacement of existing roof, from double pitch to…
ApprovedFull Application16/01967/FUL - 20087 Feb
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees Protected By The Conservation Area - Fell 1 Walnut
PendingWorks to Trees in Conservation Area08/00223/TPOCON
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