The Chase Braintree
14 addresses across 3 postcodes (CM7), about 710 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 3902839.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Braintree costs £2,280 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Braintree, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 340 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 41 to 55 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Church Lane Surgery, about 850 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 610 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 286 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Braintree in 2026-27: Band D £2,280 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,520 | £1,774 | £2,027 | £2,280 | £2,787 | £3,294 | £3,801 | £4,561 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (33% of about 1,980 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- DOREWARD'S HALL, grade II*
- BARN AT DOREWARDS HALL, grade II
- SERPENTINE WALL TO DOREWARD'S HALL, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 41 m and 55 m above sea level (51 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM7 5LR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM7 5LS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CM7 5LT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Braintree 631,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Braintree Freeport 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Cressing (Essex) 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 29 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Deanery Corner Bocking | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Interchange Braintree Town Centre | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Car parks | National Car Parks | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 22.1 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Church Lane Surgery | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Christchurch Pharmacy | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Braintree Dental Centre | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Braintree Community Hospital | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Braintree Police Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chelmsford Star Coop Bocking, Bocking | 350 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,950 m² | 340 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Street Play Area 820 m² | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,550 m² | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Lane Allotments 8,260 m² | 360 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Doreward's Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 320 m east. 35 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Doreward's Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 320 m east |
| Dovecote at The Old Deanery, 380m south of Bocking Hall | Scheduled monument | 330 m west |
| Wall to the Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 410 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 420 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Bocking Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 480 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Bocking windmill | Scheduled monument | 710 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Polly's Hill | Hill | 620 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Round Wood | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Hamblyn Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Darby's Hole | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Strait's Mill Gravel Pit | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Oak Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 14 | 14 |
None of the street's 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Braintree: see them on the Braintree page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bocking Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 530 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Great Bradfords Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Tabor Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scallywags CM7 5JY | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 380 m | 5 Very good | 21 Oct 2025 |
| The Co-op CM7 5JY | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 380 m | 5 Very good | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Cafe Warm Space - St Mary's Church Hall CM7 5JY | Other catering premises | 380 m | 5 Very good | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Bocking Sports Club CM7 5JY | Pub/bar/nightclub | 380 m | 5 Very good | 21 Mar 2025 |
| The Retreat PH CM7 5JY | Pub/bar/nightclub | 380 m | 5 Very good | 30 Sep 2026 |
| The New Deanery Care Village CM7 5SR | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 1 Oct 2025 |
| Bocking Village Hall CM7 5LA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Dorewards Avenue (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 21% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Dorewards Avenue · Kingsbridge Close · Carrington Way · Brand Court · Chantry Close · Dean's Walk · Cameron Close · Wordsworth Road · Brownrigg Drive · Canterbury Grange · Gauden Road · Dean Rogers Place
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.