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87 Hungerdown Lane Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2LY

26/00814/COUNOTAmendmentRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 17 July 2026

Council decision: Prior aprv req - deemed appl refused1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for proposed change of use of 1x agricultural building to Residential Accommodation.

Received
28 May 2026
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 87 Hungerdown Lane Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2LY. Tendring has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley. We hold 757 applications in total for the CO11 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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Why it was refused

  1. The Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that the existing agricultural building is capable of conversion to a dwellinghouse through building operations reasonably necessary under Class Q. The submitted plans indicate that the proposal would require the substantial reconstruction and replacement of the existing external walls, rather than their conversion, and no structural survey or engineering evidence has been provided to demonstrate that the existing structure is capable of supporting the proposed residential use. Accordingly, the proposal fails to comply with paragraph Q.1(j)(i)(aa) of Class Q, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) because it would amount to the construction of a new dwelling rather than the conversion of an existing agricultural building. The Council's rationale for the decision is set out within the officer report available via our Public Access system.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CO11 2LY
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2026
Consultation expiry
19 June 2026

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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