2 Abbotts Hall Cottages, Maldon Road, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RZ

130042Change of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 April 2013

Council decision: Approve ConditionalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use A2 offices to 3 bedroom house.

Received: 9 January 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Marks Tey & Layer

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated14 Feb
Consult.Consultation11 Mar
TargetTarget Date10 Apr
DecidedDecided10 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Abbotts Hall Cottages, Maldon Road, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RZ. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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: CO5 7RZ
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 February 2013
Consultation expiry: 11 March 2013
Consultation end: 11 March 2013
Target decision date: 10 April 2013
Decision issued: 11 April 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

UPRN: 10004942594
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.

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 (23)

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, National Landscapes, 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.

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Source: Colchester

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