7 High Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1AG Data via plota.co.uk

26/01299/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Planning Application - Change of Use from Class E - Bakery to Sui Generis - Drinking Establishment, with no external alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Consultation
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 20 Oct 2026, from Tendring's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 25 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 21

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: 5, High Street
List entry 1260956 · 5 m from the pin · 34 more listed buildings within 150 m (34 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 ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Manningtree and Mistley 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.
Special protection area 66 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.
SSSI 66 m away: Stour Estuary SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 193 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths; Inside the Manningtree built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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
CO11 1AG
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley
Parish
Manningtree Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Tendring usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target
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 →

Public comments

124comments received
23 objecting101 supporting

81% support · above the UK average of 16%

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15156119
Neighbours
26 Aug 2026
Consultation
3 Sept 2026
Comments by
25 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Oct 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