Planning application
Sainsburys Supermarket 39 - 43 High Street Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1NU
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) to convert part of existing retail premises to provide 11no self contained dwelling units at first floor plus staircases and lifts extending to ground floor plus ancillary refuse and cycle storage at ground floor.
As published by the council, reference 25/01541/COUNOT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01541/COUNOT
- Type
- Change of Use Prior Notification
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior aprv req - deemed appl approved
- Received
- 16 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 1 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Pier
- Parish
- Clacton Non Parished
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO15 1NU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tendring register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00269/DISCON Granted
Sainsburys Supermarket 39 - 43 High Street Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1NU
Discharge of conditions application for 25/01541/COUNOT - Condition 4 (Scheme of Sound Insulation) and Condition 7 (Construction Methodology and Timetable).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2025
Received by Tendring
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1 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Prior aprv req - deemed appl approved
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18 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/00269/DISCON Granted
Sainsburys Supermarket 39 - 43 High Street Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1NU
Discharge of conditions application for 25/01541/COUNOT - Condition 4 (Scheme of Sound Insulation) and Condition 7 (Construction Methodology and Timetable).
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tendring granted permission on 1 December 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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