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Brightlingsea New Church Queen Street Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0PH

21/01864/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 September 2023

Council decision: Approval - FullDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from Use Class F1 f) - Place of worship to Use Class C3 - Residential, including alterations to the building.

Received
25 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Brightlingsea
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 678 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Brightlingsea New Church Queen Street Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0PH. Tendring has handled 1,316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 689 days, 91 weeks longer than Tendring's typical decision time. The site is in the Brightlingsea conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Brightlingsea. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 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
CO7 0PH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Brightlingsea Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2021
Consultation expiry
7 September 2023
Consultation start
17 August 2023
Consultation end
7 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
8 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 June 2023
Last date for comments
7 September 2023
Target decision date
31 December 2021
Decision issued
15 September 2023
Permission expires
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12A William's Walk Colchester United Kingdom CO1 1TS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 November 2021
Advertisement expiry
10 December 2021
Site notice start
25 November 2021
Site notice end
16 December 2021

Appeal history

3305266
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 26 March 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
112
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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

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

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    25 Oct

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