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Planning appeals in Braintree District Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Braintree District Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Braintree District Council, raw rate
31.1%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
29.6%
national rates applied to this caseload
1.5 percentage points above expected. Braintree District Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
894 appeals counted, 855 judged either way (266 allowed, 589 dismissed), 39 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 30.4% | 28.8% | 618 | 609 | 185 |
| Householder (HAS) | 38.7% | 35.6% | 143 | 137 | 53 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 21.4% | 25% | 48 | 42 | 9 |
| Enforcement Notice | 13% | 13.5% | 34 | 23 | 3 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 20% | 36.9% | 23 | 20 | 4 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 42.9% | 33.3% | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 42.9% | 20.6% | 7 | 7 | 3 |
7 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Called In Planning Application | Too few judged | 72.4% | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Section 106 Agreement | Too few judged | 39.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Section 106BC (Affordable Housing) | Too few judged | 71.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Braintree District Council
Braintree District Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Braintree District Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent4 homes
- Affordable rent12 homes
- Shared ownership55 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
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