Site East of Lifehouse Spa (Horse Field) Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01410/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Planning Application - Erection of 35 residential units together with associated hard and soft landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:51

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Application progress

✓

Received

8 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

14 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

17 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Nov 2026 and 16 Nov 2026, from Tendring's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026

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Documents 35

Statements & assessments 5

PDF Bng metric - rec'd 14.09.26 Report · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain assessment - rec'd 08/09/2026 Report · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning statement - rec'd 08/09/2026 Report · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Superfast broadband connection statement - horse field - rec'd 08/09/2026 Report · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary ecological appraisal - rec'd 08/09/2026 Report · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 2

PDF Self-build and custom-built homes - declaration form - rec'd 08/09/2026 Report · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Application form - rec'd 08/09/2026 Application Form · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Registered park or garden: Thorpe Hall

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Thorpe-le-Soken 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: Thorpe-le-Soken

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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

National infrastructure project 898 m away: Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm

The site is 898 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: North Falls Offshore Wind Farm (decided, 994 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat 25 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 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: Full Application
Postcode: CO16 0JD
Received: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 14 Sept 2026
Ward: Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland
Parish: Thorpe Le Soken Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 91-day target. Tendring usually decides new homes by day 56.

prediction

Day 2566 days to the 91-day target

55%decided within 8 weeks

64%approved

6%go to committee

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

Public comments

2comments received

2 objecting

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15196719
Planning Portal ref: PP-15196719
Neighbours: 16 Sept 2026
Consultation: 17 Sept 2026
Comments by: 16 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 25 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 14 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Lifehouse Spa and Hotel Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD

1 No. Oak - reduce by approx 25%.

20/01824/TPO 15 Jan 2021

2020 Approved

Lifehouse Spa and Hotel Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD

1 No. Oak - reduce by approx 25%.

20/01824/TPO 15 Jan 2021

2017 Approved

Lifehouse Spa and Hotel Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD

T162 - Horse Chestnut - fell. T163 - Horse Chestnut - crown reduction, possible pollard a…

17/00433/TPO 11 Apr 2017

2017 Approved

Lifehouse Spa and Hotel Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD

T162 - Horse Chestnut - fell. T163 - Horse Chestnut - crown reduction, possible pollard a…

17/00433/TPO 11 Apr 2017

2016 Approved

Lifehouse Spa and Hotel Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD

T1 Common Oak - remove deadwood, prune back epicormic growth. T2 Common Oak - limbs need…

16/01552/TPO 25 Oct 2016

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

Site East of Lifehouse Spa (Horse Field) Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 35

Statements & assessments 5

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 2

Other documents 6

Site constraints 6

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