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Sparrows Farmhouse Sparrows Corner Great Oakley Harwich Essex CO12 5AB

15/01774/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 August 2016

Council decision: Approval - OutlinePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of up to 8 dwellings, garages and access.

Received
23 November 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Gt & Lt Oakley
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target29 Feb
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 254 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Sparrows Farmhouse Sparrows Corner Great Oakley Harwich Essex CO12 5AB. Tendring has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 261 days, 30 weeks longer than Tendring's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 531 applications in total for the CO12 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 5AB
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Oakley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2015
Consultation expiry
23 March 2016
Consultation start
2 March 2016
Consultation end
23 March 2016
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2015
Last date for comments
23 March 2016
Target decision date
29 February 2016
Committee meeting
19 April 2016
Permission expires
10 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Abbeygate One 8 Whitewell Road Colchester C02 7DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2016
Site notice start
11 December 2015
Site notice end
1 January 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04648184
Documents
33
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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