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2 Hillcrest Cottages, Langham Colchester CO4 5QE

080257Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 31 March 2008

Council decision: Approved Without Conditions

Proposal

Revision to permission 071165 for two storey and single storey extensions and alterations to permit retention of weatherboarding on elevations of existing dwelling.

Received
12 February 2008
Ward
Dedham & Langham
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 2 Hillcrest Cottages, Langham Colchester CO4 5QE. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Colchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO4 5QE
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2008
Consultation expiry
7 March 2008
Consultation end
7 March 2008
Target decision date
8 April 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2008
    12 Feb

    Revision to permission 071165

    This applicationApprovedFull080257
  2. 2007
    10 Apr

    Two storey and single storey extensions and alterations

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Part of071165

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