Land rear of The Lodge Lodge Lane Tendring Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0BS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01237/COUNOT - Change of Use Prior Notification Refused

Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use of Barn 2 to a Class E(g)(iii) light industrial workshop for a one-person agricultural welding and fabrication business Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
10 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
12 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
2 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

Public footpath 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
National infrastructure project 14 m away: North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
The site is 14 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm (decided, 16 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Change of Use Prior Notification
Postcode
CO16 0BS
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
10 Aug 2026
Ward
Weeley & Tendring
Parish
Tendring Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Prior aprv req - deemed appl refused
Decision date
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 4 days slower than Tendring's median of 49 for agricultural works. Refused, as 11% of agricultural works here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
37decided 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

2comments received
1 objecting1 supporting

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15136578
Planning Portal ref
PP-15136578
Consultation
12 Aug 2026
Comments by
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Sept 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