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Great Oakley Methodist Church High Street Great Oakley Harwich Essex CO12 5AH

05/01667/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 15 November 2005

Council decision: Refusal - FullDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of sunday school, conversion of chapel to 2 dwellings and erection of 3 dwellings to road frontage

Received
20 September 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
35
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Great Oakley Methodist Church High Street Great Oakley Harwich Essex CO12 5AH. Tendring has handled 1,316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Tendring's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 531 applications in total for the CO12 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Tendring District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO12 5AH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Oakley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2005
Consultation expiry
27 October 2005
Consultation start
13 October 2005
Consultation end
27 October 2005
Neighbour consultation start
27 September 2005
Neighbour consultation end
18 October 2005
Last date for comments
27 October 2005
Target decision date
15 November 2005
Permission expires
15 November 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PI Green Lane Wicklewood Norfolk NR18 9ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 October 2005

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Oakley
  • Listed building: Grade II: Holly TreesOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2012
    29 Feb

    Variation of Conditions 2, 6, 10 and 14 of planning permission 11/00304/FUL

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)12/00219/FUL
  2. 2011
    15 Mar

    Proposed conversion of former Methodist chapel into two no. semi-detached dwellings with associated parking…

    ApprovedFull Application11/00304/FUL
  3. 2010
    6 Dec

    Proposed conversion of former Methodist chapel into two semi-detached dwellings with associated parking for 4…

    RefusedFull Application10/01409/FUL
  4. 2009
    7 May

    To provide 2m high close boarded fence to secure vacant site. Previously Oakleigh Methodist Church.

    RefusedFull Application09/00433/FUL
  5. 2006
    27 Nov

    Erection of 2 no. semi detached dwellings and conversion and alteration of former chapel to 2 no. semi…

    RefusedFull Application06/01956/FUL
  6. 2004
    21 Sep

    Change of use of existing site and building to residential use

    ApprovedFull Application04/01856/FUL

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