Goodlife Guest House First Floor 162 High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3AT Data via plota.co.uk

25/00947/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Planning Application - Retrospective Planning for the change of use from first floor Hotel (C1) to HMO (C4) serving 13 bedrooms Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jun 2025
✓
Validated
9 Jul 2025
✓
Consultation
16 Jul 2025
✗
Refused
2 Sept 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 2 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 19

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: 101 and 103, Main Road
List entry 1187917 · 30 m away · 4 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection area 251 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.
Conservation area 13 m away: Lower Dovercourt
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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.
Also on the record
SSSI 251 m away: Stour Estuary SSSI; Heritage at risk 15 m away: Dovercourt; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Harwich built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
CO12 3AT
Received
24 Jun 2025
Validated
9 Jul 2025
Ward
Harwich & Kingsway
Parish
Harwich Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Sept 2025
Decision
Refusal - Full
Decision date
2 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 22% of full applications here are.

54%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
8%go to committee

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

Public comments

4comments received
2 objecting1 neutral1 supporting

50% object · below the UK average of 74%

16 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14120867
Planning Portal ref
PP-14120867
Neighbours
11 Jul 2025
Consultation
16 Jul 2025
Comments by
28 Aug 2025
Site or press notice
7 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
3 Sept 2025
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