Planning application
Wellesley Service Station 179 Wellesley Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3QE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for Existing Use or Development for continued use of site as a vehicle repair and MOT station.
As published by the council, reference 26/00651/LUEX
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00651/LUEX
- Type
- Certificate Of LU and Devl (existing)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Lawful Use Certificate Granted
- Received
- 22 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 27 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 18 Jun 2026
- Ward
- St Johns
- Parish
- Clacton Non Parished
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO15 3QE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Apr 2026
Received by Tendring
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27 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Lawful Use Certificate Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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.
Trade members open them from here.
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 amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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