Cliff Park High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3AT Data via plota.co.uk

25/01781/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Planning Application - Construction of floodlit Football Foundation Playzone. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

4 Dec 2025

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Validated

10 Dec 2025

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Consultation

19 Aug 2026

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Approved

23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Tendring Planning Committee on 3 Sept 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the sports benefits outweighed limited heritage harm, subject to conditions and ecology safeguards.
Three objections and one other representation raised concerns about parking, habitats, appearance, supervision and park access.
The committee unanimously authorised permission, subject to ecology conditions and the officer report’s conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public concerns, committee decision and conditions. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Tendring's committee minutes of 3 Sept 2026.

Documents 60

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF Notice of decision (inc art 35) Decision · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning committee action sheet Decision · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning committee report Committee Report · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 13

PDF Consultee response - ecc ecology - rec'd 22.09.26 Consultee Comment · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended preliminary ecological appraisal - rec'd 17.08.26 Report (Revised) · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee response - ecc heritage - rec'd 06.07.2026 Consultee Comment · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Archaeological desk based assessment - rec'd 27.05.26 Report · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage statement - rec'd 27.05.26 Report · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Geophysical survey - rec'd 27.05.26 Report · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee response - ecc heritage - rec'd 07.01.2026 Consultee Comment · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Condition assessments - rec'd 04/12/2025 Report · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Playzone standard design - floodlighting - rec'd 04/12/2025 Report · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning statement - rec'd 04/12/2025 Report · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain assessment - rec'd 04/12/2025 Report · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded preliminary ecological appraisal - rec'd 04/12/2025 Report (Superseded) · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood map for planning - rec'd 04/12/2025 Report · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 12

Application forms 1

PDF Application form - rec'd 04/12/2025 Application Form · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 10

PDF Consultee response - natural england - rec'd 27.08.26 Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee response - environmental protection - rec'd 19.02.2026 Consultee Comment · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 28 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee response - sport england - rec'd 12.12.25 Consultee Comment · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗

PDF Consultee response - ecc highways - rec'd 08.01.2026 Consultee Comment · 9 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Consulteecomment Consultee Comment · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee response - historic england - rec'd 06.01.26 Consultee Comment · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 9

Lower Dovercourt 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.

Heritage at risk: Dovercourt

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 ↗

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. A site survey can differ.

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 Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Scheduled monument 158 m away: Beacon Hill Fort: a late 19th and 20th century coastal artillery fortification

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

Special protection area 363 m away: Stour and Orwell Estuaries; 4 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 363 m away: Stour Estuary SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 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: 4 Dec 2025
Validated: 10 Dec 2025
Ward: Harwich & Kingsway
Parish: Harwich Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Sept 2026
Decision: Approval - Full
Decision date: 23 Sept 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 287 days from validation, 231 days slower than Tendring's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 78% of full applications here are.

This one287d

Council56d

UK57d

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

5comments received

3 objecting2 neutral

60% object · below the UK average of 74%

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14458980
Planning Portal ref: PP-14458980
Neighbours: 22 Dec 2025
Consultation: 19 Aug 2026
Comments by: 16 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 22 Dec 2025
Committee: 3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 4 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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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

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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

Cliff Park High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3AT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 60

Decision & officer reports 3

Statements & assessments 13

Plans & drawings 12

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 10

Other documents 21

Site constraints 9

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Public comments

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