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Highfields, Cooks Hall Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3EX

160327Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 22 March 2016

Council decision: Approve ConditionalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed extensions to Dwelling and erection of Swimming Pool and PoolHouse, as well as minor alterations to openings and formation of smallbalcony.

Received
11 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Highfields, Cooks Hall Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3EX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Lexden & Braiswick. 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 3EX
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Bergholt

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2016
Consultation expiry
8 March 2016
Consultation start
16 February 2016
Consultation end
8 March 2016
Target decision date
6 April 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
100091239863
Documents
14

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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© 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.

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