Planning application
Church Street Post Office 17 Church Street Harwich Essex CO12 3DS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for proposed change of use of part of 17 Church Street ground floor (Use Class E) to become part of an existing dwelling (Use Class C3) which currently occupies the rear ground and first floor.
As published by the council, reference 26/00229/COUNOT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00229/COUNOT
- Type
- Change of Use Prior Notification
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior aprv req - deemed appl refused
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 16 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 2 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Harwich & Kingsway
- Parish
- Harwich Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO12 3DS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Feb 2026
Received by Tendring
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16 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Prior aprv req - deemed appl refused
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9 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
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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