Sonnenburg Plot 1 rear of Hill Farm Clacton Road Elmstead Colchester Essex CO7 7DG Data via plota.co.uk

26/00688/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of section of land to domestic curtilage and erection of detached garage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Validated
13 May 2026
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Consultation
13 May 2026
✓
Approved
8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Grade II listed: Hill Farmhouse
List entry 1146846 · 3 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 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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Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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
Full Application
Postcode
CO7 7DG
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Ward
The Bentleys & Frating
Parish
Frating Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval - Full
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Zoe Manning

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
93decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Tendring in the last twelve months, from validation. Tendring decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
13 May 2026
Consultation
13 May 2026
Comments by
12 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
21 May 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tendring
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#70 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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