Application No.
Decision
Date of Decision
Conditions/Reasons / Applicant’s Name /

Proposal

/ Location

Alresford Parish Council

No Determinations

Ardleigh Parish Council

17/02034/DETAIL
Approval - Reserved Matters/Detailed
26.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr O Bender / Proposed two no. 4 bedroom detached dwellings. / Land adjacent Maryland Cottage
Turnpike Close
Ardleigh
Essex
CO7 7QW
01 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 02B, 03B, 04A and 06, the Construction Method Statement particulars and amended materials details provided via email on 13th January 2018.
Reason - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
02 The approved scheme of landscaping shown on approved plan 04A shall be implemented not later than the first planting season following commencement of the development (or within such extended period or phased arrangement as the Local Planning Authority may allow) and shall thereafter be retained and maintained for a period of five years. Any planting (including the existing front boundary hedgerow) removed, dying or becoming seriously damaged or diseased within five years of planting shall be replaced within the first available planting season and shall be retained and maintained.
Reason - To ensure the effective implementation of the approved landscaping scheme, in the interests of visual amenity.
03 Prior to occupation of the development, the accesses at their centre lines shall be provided with a clear to ground visibility splay with dimensions of 2.4 metres by 17 metres in both directions, as measured from and along the nearside edge of the carriageway in accordance with approved plan 04A. Such vehicular visibility splays shall be provided before the accesses are first used by vehicular traffic and retained free of any obstruction at all times.
Reason - To provide adequate inter-visibility between vehicles using the accesses and those in the existing public highway in the interest of highway safety.
17/02054/OUT
Refusal - Outline
24.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr & Mrs Stewart / Demolition of Hope Cottage & the two existing garages - and proposal is to build two four bedroom dwellings. / Hope Cottage
Crown Lane South
Ardleigh
Colchester
Essex
CO7 7PL
01 The application site is located outside of a defined Settlement Development Boundary as defined by the Saved Tendring District Local Plan 2007 and the Tendring District Local Plan 2013-2033 and Beyond Publication Draft (June 2017). Outside Development Boundaries, the Local Plan seeks to conserve and enhance the countryside for its own sake by not allowing new housing unless it is consistent with countryside policies. Saved Tendring District Local Plan (2007) Policy QL1 sets out that development should be focussed towards the larger urban areas and to within development boundaries as defined within the Local Plan.
The Council is in a position where it can now identify a 5 year housing supply and as such there is no requirement for the 'skewed' approach to the presumption in favour of sustainable development, under paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), to be engaged. Furthermore, with the emerging Local Plan progressing well, officers consider that greater weight can be given to the core planning principles under paragraph 17 of the NPPF that development should be genuinely plan-led and that the Council should actively manage patterns of growth and should make the fullest possible use of public transport, walking and cycling, and focus significant development in locations which are or can be made sustainable.
With this in mind, the emerging Local Plan includes a 'settlement hierarchy' aimed at categorising the district's towns and villages and providing a framework for directing development toward the most sustainable locations. Ardleigh is categorised in emerging Policy SPL1, along with seventeen other villages, as a 'Smaller Rural Settlement' in recognition of its size and relatively small range of local services. Ardleigh and other smaller villages are considered to be the least sustainable settlements for growth and development should normally be restricted to small-scale development only, respecting the existing character and form of the village. With this in mind, the emerging Tendring District Local Plan 2013-2033 and Beyond Publication Draft (June 2017) settlement development boundary for Ardleigh has been extended. The growth envisaged for Ardleigh over the plan period has already been allowed for within the extended defined boundary but does not include this site, which is located 1.4 miles outside of the Ardleigh Settlement. As such the location is considered to be amongst one of the least sustainable locations for growth where development will only serve to increase the number of people having to rely on cars to go about their everyday lives failing to meet the socially sustainable strand of sustainability.
The NPPF advocates a plan-led approach that actively seeks to achieve sustainable patterns of growth, but this development, due to its siting outside of any defined settlement development boundary, is not considered sustainable. In applying the NPPF's presumption in favour of sustainable development, the adverse impacts of the proposal on the Council's ability to manage growth through the plan-led approach, are not outweighed by the benefits. The development is unnecessary and there are no public benefits that might warrant the proposal being considered in an exceptional light.
17/02073/FUL
Approval - Full
26.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr & Mrs Bell / Proposed rear two storey extension. / 10 Chapel Croft
Ardleigh
Colchester
Essex
CO7 7TQ
01 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason - To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
02 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Drawing No. 1179/03A and 1179/04A.
Reason - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
03 The extension hereby approved shall be finished in facing and roofing materials that match those used in the existing property.
Reason - To ensure a satisfactory from of development in terms of visual amenity and to protect the character of the conservation area.

Beaumont Parish Council

17/02074/FUL
Refusal - Full
23.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr David Day / Demolition of existing agricultural building, proposed change of use and erection of a business use (B1) building. / Glebe Farm
Harwich Road
Beaumont
Clacton On Sea
Essex
CO16 0AU
01 Paragraph 28 of the NPPF states that 'planning policies should support economic growth in rural areas in order to create jobs and prosperity by taking a positive approach to sustainable new development. To promote a strong rural economy, local and neighbourhood plans should support the sustainable growth and expansion of all types of business and enterprise in rural areas, both through conversion of existing buildings and well designed new buildings'.
Paragraph 17 of the NPPF states that planning should 'actively manage patterns of growth to make the fullest possible use of public transport, walking and cycling, and focus significant development in locations which are or can be made sustainable'.
Saved policy QL1 of the Tendring District Local Plan (2007) states that the spatial strategy for the Tendring District follows established national and regional principles for sustainable development. The policy confirms that outside of defined settlement boundaries only development which is consistent with countryside policies will be permitted.
Saved plan policy ER7 of the Tendring District Local Plan (2007) states that in rural location permission may exceptionally be granted for extensions to existing businesses where new employment opportunities would be generated.
Emerging local plan PP13 of the Tendring District Local Plan 2013-2033 and Beyond Publication Draft (June 2017) states that to support growth in the rural economy the Council may grant planning permission outside of defined settlement development boundaries for the conversion or re-use of rural buildings in the countryside to employment, leisure or tourism uses.
In this instance the proposal relates to the erection of a new building to accommodate a B1 office use in a rural location outside of any defined settlement boundary. The location of the site significantly detached from any settlements or public transport links would result in future employees being heavily reliant on private motor vehicle to access the site, contrary to the aims and aspirations of the aforementioned local and national planning policies. The construction of a new office building not directly relating to a rural conversion scheme in this isolated rural location would therefore represent an unsustainable form of development in conflict with national planning policy.
02 Due to the intensification in the use of the vehicular access Essex County Council Highways have requested improved visibility splays of 2.4m x 215m in both directions given that the speed limit in this location is 60mph. The resultant splays would necessitate the removal of large section of mature roadside hedging to both the north-east and south-west of the site which would be significantly detrimental to the rural character of the locality. The removal of the hedging would also open up views of the existing built form and the proposed office building further eroding the rural appearance of the locality.
The development would therefore lead to significant environmental harm contrary to saved policy EN1 of the Tendring District Local Plan (2007) and emerging policy PPL3 of the Tendring District Local Plan 2013-2033 and Beyond Publication Draft (June 2017), which state that the quality of the district's landscape and its distinctive local character will be protected and, where possible, enhanced. The policies go on to state that features that contribute to local distinctiveness, including hedgerows, will be conserved.

Bradfield Parish Council

17/02030/FUL
Approval - Full
26.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr John Jiggens / Demolition of existing covered area, construction of new store/quality control room with farm office and meeting room above in roof space, undercroft covered parking for 3no. vehicles. / Bradfield Lodge
Clacton Road
Mistley
Essex
CO11 2NS
01 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason - To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
02 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Drg. No. 9091 05, Drg. No. 9091 03 rev'n A and Drg. No. 9091 04.
Reason - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

Brightlingsea Town Council

No Determinations

Clacton-on-Sea

17/01814/FUL
Approval - Full
25.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr & Mrs Hyde / Proposed single storey rear extension - to accommodate a swimming pool. / Parkhill
Jaywick Lane
Clacton On Sea
Essex
CO15 2DR
01 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason - To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
02 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Drawing no. 1
Reason - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
17/01844/FUL
Approval - Full
26.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr G Refern / Proposed two storey side extension with integral garage (following demolition of garage). / 63 Weymouth Close
Clacton On Sea
Essex
CO15 1BS
01 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason - To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
02 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Drawing No. 01 Revision C
Reason - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
03 All garages shall be retained for the purposes of vehicle parking in perpetuity.
Reason - To encourage the use of garages for their intended purpose and to discourage on-street parking, in the interests of highway safety.
17/01915/FUL
Approval - Full
23.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mrs Jacqueline White / Erection of garden shed/summer house. / 17 Woodlands Close
Clacton On Sea
Essex
CO15 4RX
01 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 17/01.
Reason - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
17/02066/FUL
Approval - Full
23.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr & Mrs Cole / Lounge extension following demolition of conservatory. / 10 Cliff Road
Holland On Sea
Clacton On Sea
Essex
CO15 5QQ
01 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason - To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
02 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans 1818-01 Revision A.
Reason - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
17/02070/FUL
Approval - Full
23.01.2018
Delegated Decision / Mr Alan Caldwell & Paul Dearsley / Proposed detached 3 bedroom bungalow. / Land to The rear of 163 and 165
London Road
Clacton On Sea
Essex
CO15 4DS
01 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason - To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
02 No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of hard and soft landscaping works for the site, which shall include any proposed changes in ground levels and also accurately identify spread, girth and species of all existing trees, shrubs and hedgerows on the site and indicate any to be retained, together with measures for their protection which shall comply with the recommendations set out in the British Standards Institute publication "BS 5837:2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction."