Planning appeal decision
1 Marine Buildings, Old Pier Street, Walton on the Naze, CO14 8AN
Planning appeal 6000939 at 1 Marine Buildings, Old Pier Street, Walton on the Naze, CO14 8AN (Tendring District Council) was allowed on 12 February 2026 by Inspector Sylvester G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character of the Frinton and Walton Conservation Area.
a Prior Approval application under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) - change of use from Class E (commercial, business and service) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to form one dwelling
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
- Postcode
- CO14 8AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character of the Frinton and Walton Conservation Area
What decided it
The imposition of a planning condition preventing vinyl or film from being attached to the glazing except in accordance with approved details would enable the Council to ensure that privacy screening measures do not harm the character of the conservation area, making the development acceptable.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Tendring
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026
- Dismissed29 October 2026601137035 Pelham Close, Harwich, CO12 4UR
- Dismissed21 October 2026600982136 Second Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 9ER
- Dismissed14 October 20266008901Walton Hall, Old Hall Lane, Walton on The Naze, CO14 8LF
- Allowed6 October 202660106899 Pallister Road, Clacton On Sea, CO15 1PQ
- Allowed2 October 20266010933The Little Boatyard, Lime Street, Brightlingsea, CO7 0BH
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®