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47 Kingsland Road, West Mersea CO5 8RA

192981Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 February 2020

Council decision: Approve ConditionalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from Sui Generis to D2 Assembly and leisure and minor associated external alterations *AMENDED DESCRIPTION*

Received
5 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 47 Kingsland Road, West Mersea CO5 8RA. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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.

83% of amendment 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 8RA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2019
Consultation expiry
20 February 2020
Consultation end
20 February 2020
Target decision date
26 February 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
77 days

Additional information

UPRN
100091471519
Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Former Underwoods Garage West MerseaRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Colchester

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