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New Homestead, Birchwood Road, Langham Colchester CO4 5QG

152619Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 29 January 2016

Council decision: Approve ConditionalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION (BASED ON APPLICATION NO 144745) REAR EXTENSION AND NEW ROOF STRUCTURE OVER EXISTING BUILDING BUILDING TO FORM ATTIC ROOMS AND NEW OPEN PORCH.

Received
29 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dedham & Langham
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at New Homestead, Birchwood Road, Langham Colchester CO4 5QG. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 5QG
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Langham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2015
Consultation expiry
30 December 2015
Consultation start
9 December 2015
Consultation end
30 December 2015
Target decision date
2 February 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
100091238449
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    29 Nov

    SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION (BASED ON APPLICATION NO 144745

    This applicationApprovedFull152619
  2. 2014
    29 Apr

    Single storey side extension to form new lounge and bedroom with en-suite.

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Part of144745

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