Elmstead Hall Church Road Elmstead Colchester Essex CO7 7AR Data via plota.co.uk

26/01062/CMTR - County Matter Decided

Proposal

Variation of condition 2, 3, 4 and 18 of planning permission ref: (Construction of a borrow pit, as an extension to Elmstead Hall Reservoir, to support the A120 / A133 Link Road Scheme), made under section 73, to extend the period of time in which soils, sand and gravel can be exported via Tye Road and to allow use of the A1331 in this regard; to amend the routeing of the north west haul road; and to extend the end/restoration date of the site… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Jul 2026
To be determined by another Authority
21 Jul 2026

To be determined by another Authority on 21 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Sept 2026

Site constraints 2

Grade II* listed: Elmstead Hall
List entry 1146647 · 0 m from the pin · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
County Matter
Postcode
CO7 7AR
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Alresford & Elmstead
Parish
Elmstead Market Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Jul 2026
Decision
To be determined by another Authority
Decision date
21 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 3 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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