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Church Street Post Office 17 Church Street Harwich Essex CO12 3DS

26/00229/COUNOTChange of Use Prior NotificationAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for proposed change of use of part of 17 Church Street ground floor (Use Class E) to become part of an existing dwelling (Use Class C3) which currently occupies the rear ground and first floor.

Received
12 February 2026
Decision due
13 April 2026
Ward
Harwich & Kingsway
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 30 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (13)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Church Street Post Office 17 Church Street Harwich Essex CO12 3DS. Tendring has handled 203 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Harwich conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Harwich & Kingsway. We hold 529 applications in total for the CO12 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
CO12 3DS
Application type
Change of Use Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation start
9 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 March 2026
Site notice end
30 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14621314
Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Harwich
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18 and 18a, Church StreetOn or next to this site · +6 more

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

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.

Source: Tendring

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