Orchard End House, Whitehouse Lane, West Bergholt CO6 3ET

210093Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 9 March 2021

Council decision: Approve Conditional

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

Proposal

Removal of softwood cladding from first floor. Adding exterior wall insulation. Cladding all external walls with brick slips which match the original red brick.

Received: 13 January 2021
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Lexden & Braiswick

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated20 Jan
Consult.Consultation10 Feb
TargetTarget Date17 Mar
DecidedDecided9 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Orchard End House, Whitehouse Lane, West Bergholt CO6 3ET. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. 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 3ET
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: West Bergholt

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 January 2021
Consultation expiry: 10 February 2021
Consultation end: 10 February 2021
Target decision date: 17 March 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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Source: Colchester

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