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34 Gorse Way, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QP

210197Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 26 March 2021

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey rear extension and extending the second storey on the existing ground floor extension.

Received
25 January 2021
Ward
Stanway
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 34 Gorse Way, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QP. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0QP
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2021
Consultation expiry
22 February 2021
Consultation end
22 February 2021
Target decision date
29 March 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
100090453584
Documents
13

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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