Christmas Cottage The Green Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8PJ
Proposal
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act for Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) of application 24/00572/FUL to enable formalisation of outbuilding as being associated with Christmas Cottage as a home office.
- Received
- 28 May 2026
- Decided
- 9 July 2026 · Approval - Full
- Council
- Tendring District Council
- ReceivedSubmitted28 May
- ValidatedValidated28 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 42 days
This is a planning application for an outbuilding at Christmas Cottage The Green Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8PJ. Tendring has handled 4,966 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 51 days. This one was decided in 42 days, 9 days quicker than Tendring's median. The site is in the Great Bentley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,538 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Great Bentley
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
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