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

Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
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 from the pin · 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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Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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 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
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 67% of changes of use here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
63decided 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
Comments by
3 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
21 May 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