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Braintree
What’s changing on your street?
Planning, new food places, roadworks, school inspections, GP ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses, for any CM, CO and CB postcode. Free, from public records, updated every night.
Right now across Braintree
- 0planning applications this week
- 165.9pcheapest unleaded, most around 172.9p
- 17hygiene scores this month
- 4,317local businesses listed
- 1new food places this week
This week’s top stories
Everything by topic-
New food business: Hillside Gems, Terling
Registered as a food business and waiting for its first hygiene inspection.
Terling Village Hall, The Dismals, Terling, Essex, CM3 2PW -
Road closed: Mill Lane (Anglian Water)
15 Oct to 19 Oct. Putting right earlier work in the road. The road will be closed.
Mill Lane, Colne Engaine -
Road closed: Colne Road (Essex County Council)
14 Oct to 16 Oct. Road improvements in the road. The road will be closed.
Colne Road, Coggeshall
Braintree in numbers
Every area compared, from public recordsCrime
2,870crimes, June to August 2026Every area ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents, by type, with the trend.
House prices
£325kmiddle price, 544 sales in 6 monthsWhat homes really sold for in every area over six months, by type of home, from the Land Registry.
Planning
3applications and decisions, last monthNew planning applications and decisions in every area over the last month, the biggest housing schemes and what gets approved.
Food hygiene
17hygiene scores, last monthFood hygiene scores published in every area over the last month, the low scores, and new food places waiting for a first inspection.
Roadworks
88roadworks on now or coming upRoadworks and road closures on now or booked for the next month in every area, and who is doing the digging.
Fuel prices
165.9pcheapest unleadedat Sainsbury’s Braintree · most around 172.9p · dearest 195.9p · 20 stationsWhat every petrol station charges for unleaded and diesel, cheapest first, updated every half hour.
What's on
3events in the next 30 daysGigs, club nights, comedy and pop-up events in every area over the next 30 days, updated daily.
Street reports
12street problems reported this monthFly-tipping, potholes, graffiti and other street problems reported in every area this month, and what has been fixed.
Schools
61schools and their Ofsted resultsEvery state school and nursery with its latest Ofsted result, the new report cards, and how each area’s schools compare.
GPs, dentists and care
155GPs, dentists and care servicesGP surgeries, dentists, care homes and home care in every area, with their Care Quality Commission ratings.
Charities
399charities based in BraintreeEvery registered charity based in each area, what it does, how big it is, and new ones as they register.
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The full directory4,317 shops, trades and services across Braintree, with opening hours, food hygiene ratings and what’s going on nearby.
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What is MeBabber?
A free site that shows what’s changing near any CM, CO and CB postcode in Braintree, from public records: planning applications and decisions, new food places and hygiene scores, roadworks, school inspections, GP and care ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses.
How often is it updated?
Every night. Planning, roadworks, licences, food hygiene and what’s on are checked daily; crime, house prices and school inspections are published monthly and checked weekly.
Does it cost anything?
No. MeBabber is free, needs no account, and the Sunday email is free too, with a one-tap way to stop it.
Why “me babber”?
It’s how Bristolians say “my friend”. MeBabber started in Bristol, just up the road, and now covers Braintree too.