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14 Rainbow Road, West Mersea CO5 8RE

173313Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 8 February 2018

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed front hip to gable alteration, new roof to front facing dormer and extension to side dormer.

Received
20 December 2017
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 14 Rainbow Road, West Mersea CO5 8RE. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 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
CO5 8RE
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2017
Consultation expiry
19 January 2018
Consultation end
19 January 2018
Target decision date
14 February 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
100090472040
Documents
8

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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