Planning application
610 Main Road Harwich Essex CO12 4LW
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Planning Application - Change of use of existing building from Classes F1(a), (f) and F2 (b), to a childrens day nursery falling within Use Class E(f).
As published by the council, reference 26/00726/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00726/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 7 May 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Dovercourt All Saints
- Parish
- Harwich Town Council
- Postcode
- CO12 4LW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 May 2026
Received by Tendring
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13 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tendring took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Tendring for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tendring decided full applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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