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Land West of Heckfords Road Great Bentley Essex CO7 8RR

15/01820/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 May 2016

Council decision: Refusal - OutlinePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of up to 50 dwellings together with open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage and vehicular/pedestrian accesses from Heckfords Road.

Received
1 December 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
53
Ward
Gt Bentley
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 175 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land West of Heckfords Road Great Bentley Essex CO7 8RR. Tendring has handled 407 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 18 weeks longer than Tendring's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Gt Bentley. We hold 2,585 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

77% 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
CO7 8RR
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
50
Parish
Great Bentley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2015
Consultation expiry
8 January 2016
Consultation start
9 December 2015
Consultation end
6 January 2016
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2015
Last date for comments
8 January 2016
Target decision date
1 March 2016
Committee meeting
19 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
140 Brandwood Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 6BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
8 January 2016

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
79
Constraints
2

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    31 Mar

    Outline Planning Application (Access to be considered) - Erection of up to 206 dwellings (Class C3)…

    PendingOutline Application26/00528/OUT
  2. 2019
    20 Aug

    Residential development of up to 50 dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping.

    RefusedOutline Application19/01258/OUT
  3. 2019
    29 Jul

    Reserved Matters for 48 dwellings with a new terrace design and a switch of house types.

    ApprovedReserved matters19/01125/DETAIL
  4. 2019
    29 Mar

    Erection of 50 dwellings together with changes in appearance, layout and scale from previously approved…

    WithdrawnReserved matters19/00520/DETAIL
  5. 2018
    12 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 2 (Lighting Details), 3 (Materials) and 4 (Means of enclosure) to approved planning…

    Approval - Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions18/00390/DISCON
  6. 2017
    11 Oct

    Erection of 49 dwellings together with open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage and vehicular/pedestrian…

    ApprovedDetailed Application17/01759/DETAIL

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