Kirby Hall Farm Mumfords Lane Kirby Le Soken Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0GD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01087/AGRIC - Agricultural Determinations Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approved is required under Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for general purpose agricultural building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
14 Jul 2026
Approved
10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Kirby Hall
List entry 1111502 · 3 m from the pin · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Kirby-le-Soken conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Kirby-le-Soken built-up area; Priority habitat 39 m away: Deciduous woodland; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Tendring
Application type
Agricultural Determinations
Postcode
CO13 0GD
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford
Parish
Frinton & Walton Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Aug 2026
Decision
Determination prior approval not reqred
Decision date
10 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Isabel Ede - Ceres Property

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 85% of agricultural works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
29decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Tendring in the last twelve months, from validation. Tendring decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15045400
Env. assessment
No
Tendring
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#70 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tendring decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #212 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #211 of 296
80%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #40 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #38 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
49 decided
837
Total decisions
127 refused in the year to March 2026