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20 Harwich Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7LT

26/00305/FULHHHH Application for Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Approval - FullDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Householder Planning Application - Retrospective extension of existing boundary wall and reinstatement of main access. Provision of two pairs of entrance gates and associated landscaping and operational development.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Ardleigh & Little Bromley
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 20 Harwich Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7LT. Tendring has handled 1,316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Tendring's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Ardleigh & Little Bromley. 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 7LT
Application type
HH Application for Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ardleigh Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026
Permission expires
20 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bigods Hall Bigods Lane Great Dunmow CM3 3BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 March 2026
Site notice end
9 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14708806
Documents
16
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Tendring

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