Land Adjacent To, Marels, School Lane, Great Wigborough CO5 7RJ
Approved on 30 August 2019
Council decision: Approve ConditionalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
To seperate the existing detached dwelling which compromises of main dwelling plus self-contained annexe into two seperate dwellings
- Received
- 24 June 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Marks Tey & Layer
- ReceivedReceived24 Jun
- ValidatedValidated8 Jul
- Consult.Consultation29 Jul
- TargetTarget Date2 Sep
- DecidedDecided30 Aug
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Land Adjacent To, Marels, School Lane, Great Wigborough CO5 7RJ. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. 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 7RJ
- Application type
- Full (8 Week Determination)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Winstred Hundred
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 July 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 29 July 2019
- Consultation end
- 29 July 2019
- Target decision date
- 2 September 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202326 Jan
We are resubmitting retrospective planning permission solely for: the build of a workshop in the space…
ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)230169 - 20216 Jul
a) Retrospective approval for the erection of a 2M high fence on the boundary replacing the existing…
RefusedFull (8 Week Determination)211906
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