Land West of Heckfords Road Great Bentley Essex CO7 8RR
Proposal
Outline Planning Application (Access to be considered) - Erection of up to 206 dwellings (Class C3), including affordable homes, together with green and blue infrastructure including a children's play area and allotments, vehicular access from Heckfords Road and the provision of utility services structures.
- Received
- 31 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 July 2026
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Tendring District Council
- Ward
- The Bentleys & Frating
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated7 Apr
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date7 Jul
- DecidedDecided
This is an outline application at Land West of Heckfords Road Great Bentley Essex CO7 8RR. Tendring has handled 407 applications of this type and approves 65% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 31 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across The Bentleys & Frating. We hold 2,549 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201920 Aug
Residential development of up to 50 dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping.
RefusedOutline Application19/01258/OUT - 201929 Jul
Reserved Matters for 48 dwellings with a new terrace design and a switch of house types.
ApprovedReserved matters19/01125/DETAIL - 201914 Feb
Variation of Condition 7 (Highways Details) to application 15/01820/OUT
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)19/00256/OUT - 20184 Jun
Discharge of condition 17 (archaeological post excavation assessment) of application 15/01820/OUT
Approval - Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions18/00882/DISCON - 201812 Mar
Discharge of conditions 2 (Lighting Details), 3 (Materials) and 4 (Means of enclosure) to approved planning…
Approval - Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions18/00390/DISCON - 201711 Oct
Erection of 49 dwellings together with open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage and vehicular/pedestrian…
ApprovedDetailed Application17/01759/DETAIL - 201727 Sep
Discharge of conditions 15 (Programme of Archaeological Trial Trenching) and 16 (Completion of…
Approval - Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions17/01621/DISCON - 20163 Jun
Erection of up to 50 dwellings together with open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage and…
RefusedOutline Application16/00870/OUT - 20151 Dec
Erection of up to 50 dwellings together with open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage and…
RefusedOutline Application15/01820/OUT
Planning constraints
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.
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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.
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