Allard Office Furniture, Unit 4, White Lodge Road, Layer Marney Colchester CO5 9UR
Approved on 18 May 2014
Council decision: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing useonbuilding for Class B2 business use (motor vehicle workshop) on site with overall classification Class B1 (business use).
- Received
- 24 March 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Birch & Winstree
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date18 May
- DecidedDecided18 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Allard Office Furniture, Unit 4, White Lodge Road, Layer Marney Colchester CO5 9UR. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- CO5 9UR
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Layer Marney
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2014
- Consultation end
- 17 April 2014
- Target decision date
- 18 May 2014
- Decision issued
- 19 May 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201824 Apr
Application for a lawful development certificate for existing use of mobile home sited in south west corner…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use - Existing181107 - 201728 Nov
Application for a lawful development certificate for C3 (dwellinghouse).
RefusedCertificate of Lawful Use - Existing173123 - 20142 Apr
Erection of infill unit.
ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)143718 - 201222 Oct
Lawful Development Certificate for existing B1 use
RefusedCertificate of Lawfulness121919 - 20042 Dec
Variation of conditions 1 & 2 of F/COL/02/1245
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/COL/04/2221
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