Fiveways Fruit Farm, Heath Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QR

202642Full (8 Week Determination)Refused

Full

Refused on 28 April 2021

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of part of building to provide place of worship

Received: 23 November 2020
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Stanway

ReceivedReceived23 Nov
ValidatedValidated25 Jan
Consult.Consultation30 Mar
TargetTarget Date22 Mar
DecidedDecided28 Apr

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Fiveways Fruit Farm, Heath Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QR. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Stanway. We hold 737 applications in total for the CO3 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: CO3 0QR
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 January 2021
Consultation expiry: 30 March 2021
Consultation end: 30 March 2021
Target decision date: 22 March 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

UPRN: 100091469287
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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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12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Colchester

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