Seven detached homes at Land South of Main Road, Frating, Colchester
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Tendring Planning Committee on 20 Jan 2026.
What was proposed
Full permission was sought for seven detached dwellings, garages and access, arranged along a private driveway from one central access.
“Development: Planning Application - Erection of 7 no. detached dwellings and garages and access.”
Officer report
The site and surroundings
The vacant 0.6-hectare site lies south of Main Road, beside Frating’s settlement boundary, with homes under construction to the east and open fields around it.
“The application site is a vacant parcel of land located on the southern side of Main Road (A133), within the Parish of Frating. The site abuts the western edge of the defined Settlement Development Boundary (SDB) for the village. The site extends approximately 0.6 hectares in size with a site frontage onto Main Road of approximately 110m.”
“Opposite the site, on the northern side of Main Road, is a large, detached property surrounded by open fields with the nearest neighbouring dwelling approximately 120 metres to the east, within the SDB.”
Officer report
Earlier planning history
Earlier proposals for the site and adjacent Holly Farm included refusals, approvals, a withdrawn six-home scheme and later approved housing developments.
“Site-specific history (adjacent to Holly Farm):”
“11.10.1994 Holly Farm (adjacent to application site) history:”
Officer report
Why officers supported it
Officers considered the growth appropriate for Frating, well integrated and free from material visual, design or amenity concerns, with other matters controllable by conditions and obligations.
“The proposal for full planning permission is considered an appropriate scale of growth for Frating, integrates well with the local context, and raises no material visual, design or amenity concerns. Highway, drainage, landscaping, and biodiversity matters can be addressed through conditions and obligations.”
“Recommended to be delegated to officers to issue as approval or refusal, subject to Essex County Council Ecology confirming no objection or otherwise following review of an amended ecological assessment / addendum.”
Officer report
What consultees said
Highways, environmental protection and trees officers raised no objection subject to conditions, while Anglian Water objected over surface-water details and ecology retained a holding objection.
“Anglian Water object to this application as there are no details of how surface water will be discharged.”
“No objection subject to conditions ensuring development is carried out in accordance with the Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIA) has been provided, Tree Protection Plan (TPP) and Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) and a landscaping scheme.”
Officer report
The vote and decision
Members unanimously authorised full permission, subject to ecology raising no objection and the stated conditions, including the corrected footway condition and necessary informatives.
“1) the Head of Planning and Building Control be authorised to grant full planning permission subject to the receipt of a ‘no objection’ from Essex County Council Place Services Ecology or to refuse permission on terms at their discretion and further subject to;”
“2) the conditions as stated at paragraph 10.2 of the Officer report (A.1) (including any additional conditions recommended as part of the consultation with Essex County Council Place Services Ecology following re-consultation on the amended PEA), the corrected condition 18 of the Officer Update Sheet or varied as is necessary to ensure the wording is enforceable, precise, and reasonable in all other respects, including appropriate updates, so long as the principle of the…”
Minutes
Sources
- Tendring Planning Committee minutes, 20 January 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Tendring's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Tendring Planning Committee
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- Tendring
- Date
- Tuesday 20 January 2026
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Approved
- Vote
- Unanimous
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- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
- Application
- The application (council website)
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Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.