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

LPP 7: Rural Enterprise.

Outside development boundaries, proposals for small-scale commercial development, which involve the conversion and re-use of existing buildings that are of permanent and substantial construction and capable of conversion without complete re-building, will be considered acceptable subject to all the following criteria:

  • The access and traffic generated by the development can be accommodated without adverse impact on the local road network
  • There is no unacceptable impact on residential amenity
  • There is no unacceptable impact on the character of the site or the surrounding countryside and its landscape value.

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