Within the Primary Shopping Areas, as defined on the Proposals Maps, primary and secondary frontages have been identified. A balance between retail shops and non-retail town centre uses has to be maintained in order to secure the vitality and viability of the primary shopping area.

The following uses will be permitted within primary frontages:

The following additional uses will be permitted within secondary frontages:

For proposals within Primary Shopping Areas creating more than 2 residential flats above ground floor level, the development should not result in the loss of ancillary storage space or other beneficial use to the extent that it would make a ground floor unit unviable, and the development would not prevent off-street servicing of any ground floor unit.

For more information please visit Braintree District Council’s Local Plan here.