Policy information sourced from the Braintree District Council Local Plan 2013-2033.

LPP 17: Strategic Growth Location - Land East of Great Notley, South of Braintree.

A Strategic Growth Location has been identified at land east of Great Notley, south of Braintree and is shown on the Proposals Map. Development will be expected to provide:

  • Up to 1,750 new homes of a mixed size and type appropriate to the area;
  • Affordable housing as per the Council’s policy requirements;
  • Contributions to the strategic road network in the vicinity of the site which could include the A120 and A131 corridor;
  • Appropriate employment uses to support a major new community;
  • A new primary school with co-located early years and childcare nursery on 2.7 hectares of suitable land allocated for education and childcare use;
  • Two new 56 place stand-alone early years and childcare nurseries each on 0.13 hectares of suitable land allocated for education and childcare use;
  • Financial contributions to secondary education provision as required by the Local Education Authority through S106 Planning Obligations;
  • Community facilities including a contribution to or provision of infrastructure for new NHS facilities
  • Local retail and food outlets as part of a village centre;
  • Public open space in accordance with the Open Space Study, and informal and formal recreation in accordance with the playing pitch strategy;
  • Provision of or contribution towards a Gypsy and Traveller site.

The delivery of each facility shall coincide with the completion of different phases of development to ensure that local services are in place when they are needed.

The main access to the site will be from London Road and local access from Notley Road, and Bakers Lane, the latter only if it is an essential requirement of the development. All access points will have to be agreed to the satisfaction of Essex County Council Highways.

The development will be expected to integrate with existing developments and the wider area through provision of public footpaths, cycleways and, where opportunities exist, bridleways. This could be done through the enhancement of existing, or creation of new, public rights of way.

The development is expected to be planned and delivered in a holistic way, and not as smaller portions of separate development. Development proposals which could compromise the delivery of an identified Strategic Growth Location will be resisted.

For more information, including links to the referenced Proposals Map, please visit Braintree District Council’s Local Plan here.