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DC/1 REV 1
Development Management
Causeway House
Bocking End
Braintree
Essex
CM7 9HB
01376 557779
preapps@braintree.gov.uk
www.braintree.gov.uk
Request for Pre-Application Planning Advice
Please read the accompanying Pre-Application Advice Guidance Notes
1. Applicant Details
2. Agent Details
Name
Name
Address
Address
including
including
Post Code
Post Code
Tel No
Tel No
Email
Email
2. The Site
Full address or location of the site
Please note that a location plan showing the site outlined in red is required. See section 7 below.
3. The Proposal
Full Description of Proposed Development
Site Area (Hectares) Site Dimensions (Metres)
Residential
Number of Dwellings Proposed
Commercial
Floorspace:
4. Preliminary Discussions
If you have had previous discussions or correspondence with the Council regarding this proposal please
provide details of the officer and any reference number quoted by the Council.
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Please refer to Pre-Application Advice Guidance Notes to determine the relevant fee. Please tick the
relevant box to indicate advice sought.
Development Type
to 1 hour) &
Written
Response
Follow-
Up
Written
Response
Only
Written
Advice
Only
Strategic Major
(100+ dwellings and/or 5,000+
square metres of commercial
floorspace or on sites over 3
hectares)
Planning & Urban Design Advice
£1730*
£865
Not
Available
Strategic Major & Heritage Advice
(100+ dwellings and/or 5,000+
square metres of commercial
floorspace or on sites over 3
hectares)
Planning & Urban Design & Heritage
Advice (Listed Building / Conservation
Area)
£2030*
£1015
Not
Available
Large Scale Major
(50-99 new dwellings and/or
2,000-4,999 square metres of
commercial floorspace or on
sites of 2-3 hectares)
Planning & Urban Design Advice
£1360*
£680
£860
Large Scale Major & Heritage
Advice
(50-99 new dwellings and/or
2,000-4,999 square metres of
commercial floorspace or on
sites of 2-3 hectares)
Planning, Urban Design & Heritage
Advice (Listed Building / Conservation
Area)
£1660*
£830
£1010
Small Scale Major
(10-49 new dwellings and/or
1,000-1,999 square metres of
commercial floorspace or on
sites of 1-2 hectares)
Planning & Urban Design Advice
£990*
£495
£540
Small Scale Major & Heritage
Advice
(10-49 new dwellings and/or
1,000-1,999 square metres of
commercial floorspace or on
sites of 1-2 hectares)
Planning, Urban Design & Heritage
Advice (Listed Building / Conservation
Area)
£1290*
£645
£690
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Development Type
to 1 hour) &
Written
Response
Follow-
Up
Written
Response
Only
Written
Advice
Only
Minor Development
(1-9 new dwellings, new commercial
floorspace below 1000m2 and change
of uses)
Planning Advice
£300*
£150
£150
Minor Development & Heritage
Advice
(1-9 new dwellings, new
commercial floorspace below
1000m2 and change of uses)
Planning & Heritage Advice (Listed
Building / Conservation Area)
£400*
£200
£250
Householder
(Works or extensions to a dwelling
including the alteration or
enlargement a single house, including
works within the curtilage
(boundary/garden) of a house)
Planning Advice
£150*
£75
£100
Householder & Heritage Advice
(Works or extensions to a dwelling
which is Listed or falls within a
Conservation Area including the
alteration or enlargement a single
house, including works within the
curtilage (boundary/garden) of a
house)
Planning & Heritage Advice
(Listed Building / Conservation
Area)
£300**
£150
Not
Available
due to
need for
site visit
Listed Building Consent
Heritage Advice (Listed Building /
Conservation Area)
£250**
£125
£150
*Please note that all meetings to be held at the Council offices at Causeway House, Bocking End,
Braintree CM7 9HB.
**Please note that all meetings for ‘Householder & Heritage Advice’ and ‘Listed Building Consent’ will be
held at the application site, unless otherwise agreed.
6. Payment
Payment can be made by Cheque made payable to Braintree District Council or over the telephone by
Credit or Debit Card on 01376 557779. Please refer to Pre-Application Advice Guidance Notes
to
determine the relevant fee. All fees include VAT.
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7. List of Plans, Drawings and Information
Location Plan (e.g. 1:1250 scale)
(With site edged red)
Block Plan (e.g. 1:500 scale)
Elevations Floor Plans
Photographs of the site Statement
Other Documentation
(Please specify)
8. Freedom of Information Act
If you consider your application to be confidential, please set out why, and for what period, any information
in regard to the enquiry needs to remain confidential
9. Signature
I confirm that the above information is correct.
Date………………………………………
Signed…………………………………………………