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Land off Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, Essex, CM7 4PY

ESS/64/26/BTE/SPOScoping Opinion Request CC/ESSPending Decision

Proposal

EIA Scoping Opinion Request: Winning and working of silica sand, restoration to water and nature conservation using site-won materials with new site access, processing plant and ancillary infrastructure

Received
28 August 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
5 weeks typical decision time in Essex98% of applications approved

This is a planning application at Land off Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, Essex, CM7 4PY. Essex has handled 5 applications of this type, typically deciding them in 55 days. It was submitted on 28 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 937 applications in total for the CM7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
ESS/64/26/BTE/SPO
Address
Land off Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, Essex, CM7 4PY
Postcode
CM7 4PY
Local Authority
Essex
Application Type
Scoping Opinion Request CC/ESS
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Decision Made

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
The Arc 6 Mallard Way Pride Park Derby DE24 8GX

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
27 August 2026
Date Validated
28 August 2026
Date Submitted
28 August 2026
Decision Issued
9 October 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Opinion issued
Case Officer
Tom Sycamore

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.937992, 0.446120
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Essex

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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