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18 High Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0AE

24/01493/COUNOTChange of Use Prior NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 November 2024

Council decision: Determination prior approval not reqredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for conversion of part of the rear of the building which incorporated the ancillary office accommodation to the bank, to create 1 no. 2 bedroom / 3 person flat whilst keeping the 'shop' area to the front with some ancillary, office accommodation to the rear.

Received
8 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Brightlingsea
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 18 High Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0AE. Tendring has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Tendring's typical decision time. The site is in the Brightlingsea conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

85% of amendment 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 0AE
Application type
Change of Use Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brightlingsea Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2024
Consultation expiry
6 November 2024
Consultation start
10 October 2024
Consultation end
31 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2024
Last date for comments
6 November 2024
Target decision date
3 December 2024
Permission expires
13 November 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
142 Laindon Road Billericay Essex CM12 9LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 October 2024
Site notice end
6 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13468260
Documents
13
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Brightlingsea
  • Listed building: Grade II: Unwins Wine ShopOn 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    9 Dec

    Legal Agreement in relation to RAMS for application reference 24/01493/COUNOT

    ApprovedLegal AgreementRelated24/01817/S106
  2. 2024
    8 Oct

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment24/01493/COUNOT

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