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Pathside Cottage The Path Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8PN

26/00252/VOCVariation of ConditionPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act for Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) and Condition 3 (Fenestration) of application 25/00680/FULHH to add new first floor bedroom windows on front elevation, amend south west window deign to bedroom 2 and add solar panels to south facing roof slopes.

Received
16 February 2026
Decided
22 April 2026 · Approval - Full
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
The Bentleys & Frating
Site boundary (council red line)
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  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Tendring94% of conditions applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an application to vary a condition at Pathside Cottage The Path Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8PN. Tendring has handled 594 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 48 days. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Tendring's median. The site is in the Great Bentley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across The Bentleys & Frating. We hold 2,551 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00252/VOC
Address
Pathside Cottage The Path Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8PN
Postcode
CO7 8PN
Local Authority
Tendring
Application Type
Variation of Condition
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
The Bentleys & Frating
Parish
Great Bentley Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
45 Egremont Way Colchester Essex CO3 0NJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
16 February 2026
Consultation Expiry
4 April 2026
Target Decision Date
27 April 2026
Date Decided
22 April 2026
Date Validated
2 March 2026
Date Submitted
16 February 2026
Consultation Start
5 March 2026
Consultation End
26 March 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
3 March 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
24 March 2026
Last Date for Comments
4 April 2026
Permission Expires
22 April 2031

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval - Full
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
13 March 2026
Advertisement Expiry
3 April 2026
Site Notice Start
13 March 2026
Site Notice End
4 April 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14699619
Comments
3
Documents
39
Constraints
6
Coordinates
51.855700, 1.062604
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Bentley
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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