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
- 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
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
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
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