Supplementary Planning Guidance

We have a number of guidance documents that are designed to provide further details and guidance on our planning policies to help guide new development. Some are 'theme-based' and apply across the whole district, whereas others are 'site-specific' and only apply to a specific site or area in the district. All supplementary documents are ‘material planning considerations’ when considering planning applications and development proposals in the district. The 'weight' that can be attached to a supplementary document in the decision-making process depends on a number of factors including the age of the document, how much public consultation took place during its preparation and whether it conforms to both national and local planning policy.

Please note that some of this guidance is now quite old and may be out of date. New documents and guidance will be added to this page as they are produced.

Supplementary planning guidance/documents

The following documents amplify policies or proposals contained in our Local Plan.

• Cann Hall Design and Development Brief (1999)  (proof of status)
• Conservation in Essex No 6 - Signs and Lettering (c.1987)  (proof of status)
• Crime Reduction Through Environmental Design (2001)  (proof of status)
• Designing for Accessibility: An essential guide for Public Buildings (1999)  (proof of status)
• Essex Farm Buildings (1994)  (proof of status)
• Essex Golf Report (1992)  (proof of status)
• Essex Historic Towns (1999)  (proof of status)
• Historic Barn Conversions - A Way Forward (1989)  (proof of status)
• Jaywick Sands Design Guide 2023
• Provision of Recreational Open Space for New Development SPD (2008)  (proof of status)
• Addendum - Revised fees 2023
• Addendum - Revised fees 2021
• Schools Contributions from Residential Developments (2004)  (proof of status)
• Tendring District Council Access Guidance (1999)  (proof of status)
• The Essex Countryside Historic Barns - A Planning Appraisal (1983)  (proof of status)
• The Gardens Clacton Area of Special Character (1990)  (proof of status)

Supplementary guidance

The following documents are theme based and have been prepared by an external body (i.e. the County Council or a government agency) to cover areas larger than just our district. We have endorsed these so we can therefore give some 'weight' to them during the consideration of planning applications:

• Enabling Development and the Conservation of Significant Places (2008)  (proof of status)
• Essex Design Guide (2005)  (proof of status)
• Parking Standards Design and Good Practice Guide (2009)  (proof of status)
• Urban Place Supplement (2007)  (proof of status)

Planning guidance

These documents do not have as much 'weight' as the more formal forms of guidance above but they can still be taken into consideration and may help influence the decision-making process. These documents are probably most useful during the early design stages of a planning application:

• Ardleigh Village Design Statement (2011)  (proof of status(link is external))
• Beacon Hill Ancient Monument Draft Action Plan and Management Plan (1989) (proof of status)
• Colne Estuary Boating Study (2001)  (proof of status)
• Conservation in Essex No. 5 – Shopfronts (c1981)  (proof of status)
• Great Holland Parish Plan and Village Design Statement (2010)  (proof of status)
• Guidance Note - Flood Risk Planning for Harwich Masterplan area (2009)  (proof of status)
• Guidance Note – Flood Risk Planning for Harwich Peninsula (2009)  (proof of status)
• Jaywick Sands Sequential Exception Test - Guidance for builders & developers (2022)
• Manningtree Town Centre Design and Development Brief (2010)  (proof of status)
• Martell’s Pit, Ardleigh Draft Planning Brief (Consultation Draft) (1988)  (proof of status)
• Oakwood Business Park Extension (Clacton-on-Sea) Development Brief (2003)
• Open Space Strategy 2017
• Residential Barn Conversions (c1985)  (proof of status)
• Tendring Landscape Character Assessment (Volume 2) (2001)  (proof of status)
• Walton Mere Design Brief (c1987)  (proof of status)