Fiveways Supermarket Riverside Avenue East Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 1US Data via plota.co.uk

26/00937/NDPNOT - Non Domestic Prior Notification Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order (as amended) for installation of 466 solar panels to the roof of a non-domestic building/premises. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Consultation
1 Jul 2026
Approved
20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Special protection area 51 m away: Stour and Orwell Estuaries
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 51 m away: Stour Estuary SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 323 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths; Conservation area 77 m away: Manningtree and Mistley; Inside the Lawford built-up area; Priority habitat 49 m away: Mudflats; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · 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
Non Domestic Prior Notification
Postcode
CO11 1US
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Ward
Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley
Parish
Manningtree Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Determination prior approval not reqred
Decision date
20 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Penny Little - A and P Designs Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 32 days slower than Tendring's median of 19 for prior approvals. Approved, as 95% of prior approvals here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
121decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14969516
Neighbours
1 Jul 2026
Comments by
22 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
8 Jul 2026
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