Garden Cottage Chapel Lane Elmstead Colchester Essex CO7 7AG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Householder Planning Application - Conversion of part of garage into a home office, replacing the garage door with a window and door. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 4
Last sold for £390,000 in April 2019. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Tendring
- Application type
- HH Application for Planning Permission
- Postcode
- CO7 7AG
- Received
- 27 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Alresford & Elmstead
- Parish
- Elmstead Market Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 May 2026
- Decision
- Approval - Full
- Decision date
- 22 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 86% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Tendring in the last twelve months, from validation. Tendring decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14816856
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14816856
- Neighbours
- 1 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 1 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 21 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 29 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 22 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Tendring is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #40 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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