Lower Promenade Marine Parade West Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 Data via plota.co.uk

26/00729/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Planning Application - Proposed cliff stabilisation works. Including re-building of failed tumbled brick wall and installation of drainage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 May 2026
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Validated
21 May 2026
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Consultation
16 Jun 2026
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Approved
15 Oct 2026

Approved on 15 Oct 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Tendring Planning Committee on 14 Oct 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the works would support coastal defences, stabilise the coast and avoid significant visual or neighbour harm.
  • Consultees raised no objections overall, while archaeology requested investigation conditions and no public representations were received.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, site constraints, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee questions and unanimous decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Tendring's committee minutes of 14 Oct 2026.

Documents 42

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

SSSI: Clacton Cliffs & Foreshore SSSI
Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Public footpath 1 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.
Clacton Seafront conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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.
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 ↗
Heritage at risk: Clacton Seafront, Clacton-on-Sea
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden 24 m away: Clacton Seafront Gardens
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Maritime cliff and slope
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument 148 m away: Martello tower F, Marine Parade West, Clacton-on-Sea
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Flood defence 3 m away (engineered high ground); Priority habitat 3 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the Clacton-on-Sea built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
St James
Parish
Clacton Non Parished
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Approval - Full
Decision date
15 Oct 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 147 days from validation, 80 days slower than Tendring's median of 67 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 84% of commercial and major works here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
18%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Tendring in the last twelve months, from validation. Tendring decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Jun 2026
Comments by
11 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
15 Jun 2026
Committee
14 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tendring
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#70 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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