The Coach House, Brightlingsea Road, Thorrington, CO7 8JJ

Planning appeal 6005751 at The Coach House, Brightlingsea Road, Thorrington, CO7 8JJ (Tendring) was dismissed on 4 August 2026 by Inspector H Whitfield, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would constitute habitats development exempted from permission in principle under Article 5B(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended) due to likely significant adverse effects on the integrity of the Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) Special Protection Area and Ramsar site and the Essex Estuaries Special Area of Conservation.

up to 8 no. new residential dwellings with associated access, parking and amenity space

Authority: Tendring
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Inspector: H Whitfield
Postcode: CO7 8JJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development would constitute habitats development exempted from permission in principle under Article 5B(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended) due to likely significant adverse effects on the integrity of the Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) Special Protection Area and Ramsar site and the Essex Estuaries Special Area of Conservation

What decided it

The absence of an effective mechanism to secure the Essex Coast RAMS tariff payment at the permission in principle stage meant the Inspector could not have the necessary certainty that adverse effects on the integrity of the European Sites would be avoided, rendering the proposal habitats development exempted from permission in principle.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 15

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