Valley Garden Supplies Ltd Wignall Street Lawford Essex CO11 2JL Data via plota.co.uk

25/01225/OUT - Outline Application Approved

Proposal

Outline Planning Application (Access/Layout to be considered) - Erection of up to 3 dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Aug 2025
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Validated
20 Aug 2025
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Consultation
8 Jan 2026
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Approved
13 Mar 2026

Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 66

Consultation & comments 21

PDF Consultee response - ecc highways - rec'd 27.02.2026 Consultee Comment · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Consultee response - ecc highways dept - rec'd 31.10.25 Consultee Comment · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 4 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 12 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Consultee comment - environmental protection - rec'd 01.09.25 Consultee Comment · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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), 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape 90 m away: Dedham Vale
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
Conservation area 42 m away: Lawford; National infrastructure project 1678 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; 1 listed building within 150 m.
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 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
Outline Application
Postcode
CO11 2JL
Received
15 Aug 2025
Validated
20 Aug 2025
Ward
Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley
Parish
Lawford Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Approval - Outline
Decision date
13 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Stour Valley Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 205 days from validation, 103 days slower than Tendring's median of 102 for outline applications. Approved, as 64% of outline applications here are.

36%decided within 8 weeks
64%approved
21%go to committee

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

Public comments

35comments received
30 objecting3 neutral2 supporting

86% object · above the UK average of 74%

27 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
8 Jan 2026
Consultation
8 Jan 2026
Comments by
29 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
23 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Tendring
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#70 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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

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