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Great Oakley Airfield Harwich Road Great Oakley Essex

19/01525/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 January 2020

Council decision: Approval - FullDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposal to retain the concrete apron extension to the existing hangar and retention of the concrete slab installed for the fuel store adjacent to the hangar. Both areas of concrete were installed at Great Oakley Airfield as part of the temporary permission 17/00587/FUL (GWFL Temporary Helicopter Facility). The helicopter fuel store will be removed as part of the site demobilisation.

Received
14 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
The Oakleys & Wix
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Great Oakley Airfield Harwich Road Great Oakley Essex. Tendring has handled 1,316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 6 weeks longer than Tendring's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across The Oakleys & Wix.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Oakley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2019
Consultation expiry
27 December 2019
Consultation start
29 November 2019
Consultation end
27 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start
29 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 2019
Last date for comments
27 December 2019
Target decision date
9 December 2019
Permission expires
15 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Windmill Hill Business Park Whitehill Way Swindon Wiltshire SN5 6PB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 December 2019
Advertisement expiry
27 December 2019
Site notice start
29 November 2019
Site notice end
20 December 2019

Appeal history

3259956
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 March 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08109203
Documents
13
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    14 Oct

    Proposal to retain the concrete apron extension to the existing hangar and retention of the concrete slab…

    This applicationApprovedFull19/01525/FUL
  2. 2017
    12 Dec

    Application for variation of condition 1 on approval 17/00587/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)17/02135/FUL
  3. 2017
    6 Apr

    Temporary helipad facility including a new temporary porta-cabin, a new fuel storage tank and refuelling…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of17/00587/FUL

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