Planning application
16 High Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0AE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Class E (commercial, business and service) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to form one dwelling.
As published by the council, reference 25/00474/COUNOT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00474/COUNOT
- Type
- Change of Use Prior Notification
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Determination prior approval not reqred
- Received
- 20 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 20 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 8 May 2025
- Ward
- Brightlingsea
- Parish
- Brightlingsea Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO7 0AE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tendring register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00351/S106 Awaiting decision
16 High Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0AE
Legal Agreement in relation to RAMS for application reference 25/00474/COUNOT (Request for Legal Team to PREPARE Agreement)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Mar 2025
Received by Tendring
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8 May 2025
Decision issued: Determination prior approval not reqred
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10 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tendring granted permission on 8 May 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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