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High Trees Farm Barn & Outbuildings, Lexden Road, West Bergholt CO6 3BT

132224Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 30 March 2014

Council decision: Approve ConditionalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing buildings: the main barn to a dwelling, the small barn to an office, the existing cart lodge to parking, and the outbuildings to a holiday let and garden storage and the erection of acart lodge and a brick wall

Received
8 November 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
W. Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 142 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at High Trees Farm Barn & Outbuildings, Lexden Road, West Bergholt CO6 3BT. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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
CO6 3BT
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Bergholt

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 November 2013
Consultation expiry
3 December 2013
Consultation end
3 December 2013
Target decision date
3 January 2014
Decision issued
31 March 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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  2. 2013
    8 Nov

    Change of use of existing buildings: the main barn to a dwelling, the small barn to an office, the existing…

    This applicationApprovedFull132224

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