Braintree District Local Plan Review - Call for Sites
Castle Hedingham proposed sites for development have now been published, and will be assessed by Braintree District Council in September. Castle Hedingham sites submitted are shown here on a map with details on a list. See BDC Local Plan Review for more information. See the Castle Hedingham Parish Council response submitted for the original deadline of Friday 16th August. The consultation deadline has now been extended and a revised local development scheme will be discussed at a BDC Local Plan Sub-Committee on 16th September 2024.
Braintree District Council is also consulting on its Statement of Community Involvement as part of the Local Plan process. This element of the consultation runs until 5pm on Thursday 10th October 2024
You can share your views with Braintree District Council by
Email to: planningpolicy@braintree.gov.uk
Post to: Planning Policy, Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB
Braintree District Council makes the final decision on all planning applications, taking into account the comments of the Parish Council which is a statutory consultee on all applications within the parish boundary. All current and historic planning applications can be found on Braintree District Council's Planning Portal: https://publicaccess.braintree.gov.uk/online-applications/
Current planning applications under consideration by the Parish Council are listed on the agenda for each Parish Council meeting and shown below with a link to the application documents on the Braintree Planning portal. If you wish to make a comment for the attention of the Parish Council, please feel free to attend the meeting and speak in the public forum. You can also email comments for the Parish Council's consideration to the Parish Clerk at castlehedinghamparishclerk@gmail.com
24/01790/FUL Proposed fencing and landscaping works
De Vere Primary School Kirby Hall Road Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3EA Comment due 8th October 2024. The Parish Council has been granted an extension to enable this to be on the agenda for their meeting on Monday 14th October
24/01908/TPOCON Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area: Tree 1. Lime tree - Cut back to old points removing approximately 2 meters new growth Tree 2. Willow tree - Cut back to old points removing approximately 3 meters new growth 22 Queen Street Castle Hedingham CO9 3EZ Comment due 1st October 2024
23/01388/FUL RECONSULTATION 2 (Addition of Heritage Statement) Erection of 1 No. two storey 3 bedroom dwelling house, detached double garage and gardens. Land Adjacent 13 Bayley Street Comment due 20th September 2024
24/01708/FUL Conversion of No. 9 from surgery at ground floor to a village museum and meeting room and conversion of living accommodation at first floor to admin and archive storage area. Conversion of No. 10 from surgery to 1 No. dwelling. Repairs and refurbishment of outbuildings, landscaping works and associated operational development. 9 & 10 Falcon Square Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3BY Comment due by 17th September 2024
24/01738/TPOCON Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area: Conifer in back garden to be cut down. Goston Mount Pottery Lane Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3EU Comment due 10th September 2024
24/01547/FUL Proposed change of use from commercial (E(c)(ii) to 1 No. dwellinghouse (C3) including internal alterations & repairs to first floor windows. 3 King Street Castle Hedingham CO9 3ER Comment due 20th August 2024
24/01473/FUL Continued use of land and the stationing of a static caravan for occupation by site manager. Barrells Meadow Kirby Hall Road Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3EA Comment due 12th August 2024
24/01419/VAR Application for variation of conditions 2 and 3 of planning permission 23/00276/HH for the erection of detached cartlodge. Variation would allow the change in materials. Rosemary Barn Rushley Green Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3AJ Application GRANTED
24/01190/FUL Retention of 4No. Air-conditioning units on side elevation of barn | Workshop On Land South Of Rosemary Farm Rosemary Lane Castle Hedingham Application GRANTED
24/00943/PLD Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development - Conversion of existing roofspace into habitable area, includng the installation of rooflights and windows. 8 Castle Close Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3DH Application GRANTED
24/00220/FUL & 24/00221/LBC RECONSULTATION 2 Proposed conversion to 1No. 2-bedroom holiday let with two areas retained for commercial use. Buckleys And The Magnolia Tea Rooms 7A St James Street Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3EJ Application GRANTED
24/00567/HH New access and off-road parking 58 Nunnery Street CO9 3DP Application GRANTED
24/00220/FUL & 24/00221/LBC RECONSULTATION 1 Proposed conversion of existing building into 2 holiday lets with commercial area. Buckleys And The Magnolia Tea Rooms 7A St James Street CO9 3EJ Application WITHDRAWN
24/00436/HH Single storey rear extension 81 Nunnery Street CO9 3DP Application GRANTED
24/00232/TPOCON Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area: Holly (T1) - Remove tree to a stump Sycamore (T2) - Remove tree to a stump. Castle Hedingham Tennis Club St James Street CO9 3EW Application GRANTED
24/00220/FUL & 24/00221/LBC Proposed conversion of existing building into 2 holiday lets with commercial area. Buckleys And The Magnolia Tea Rooms 7A St James Street CO9 3EJ Application WITHDRAWN
23/02751/FUL & 23/02752/LBC Proposed conversion of existing building into 3 holiday lets. Buckleys And The Magnolia Tea Rooms 7A St James Street CO9 3EJ Application WITHDRAWN
23/03007/VAR Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of approved application 21/00422/FUL granted 21.04.2021 for: Erection of new barn to replace demolished barn following a fire. Variation would allow: the introduction of concrete panels at low level instead of the box profile cladding extending all the way to the ground ,this will also mean the steel stanchions will be on show at low level too. Milestone Barns Sudbury Road CO9 3AD Application GRANTED
Castle Hedingham Village Design Statement gives a detailed description of Castle Hedingham, the individual character of its main areas and the important features of its design and historical evolution. Design guidelines are provided for how these existing features should be reflected in any future development. It identifies the physical qualities and characteristics of the village and the surroundings that are valued by local people and any particular aspects they would like to conserve and protect.
The Local Plan 2033 is one of the documents that make up the development plan for Braintree District. The full document can be viewed here: https://www.braintree.gov.uk/directory-record/1062214/local-plan-section-1-2-text-adopted-25th-july-2022. No sites were allocated for development in Castle Hedingham: click here for the Local Plan map Castle Hedingham 2022