Planning application
Day Nursery at 93 Fronks Road Dovercourt Harwich Essex CO12 4EQ
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 proposed change of use from Children's Day Care centre to a single dwelling house (C3) with no structural or external aesthetic alterations.
As published by the council, reference 26/00545/COUNOT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00545/COUNOT
- Type
- Change of Use Prior Notification
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior aprv req - deemed appl approved
- Received
- 2 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 28 May 2026
- Ward
- Dovercourt Bay
- Parish
- Harwich Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO12 4EQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tendring register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01459/S106 Decided
Day Nursery at 93 Fronks Road Dovercourt Harwich Essex CO12 4EQ
Legal Agreement in relation to RAMS for application reference 26/00545/COUNOT.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Apr 2026
Received by Tendring
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8 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 May 2026
Decision issued: Prior aprv req - deemed appl approved
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9 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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26/01459/S106 Decided
Day Nursery at 93 Fronks Road Dovercourt Harwich Essex CO12 4EQ
Legal Agreement in relation to RAMS for application reference 26/00545/COUNOT.
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 28 May 2026, 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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