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5 The Square, Coast Road, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8LG

210655Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

The proposed erection of a porch to the front of the existing dwelling

Received
10 March 2021
Decided
30 April 2021 · Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester72% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a porch at 5 The Square, Coast Road, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8LG. Colchester has handled 290 applications of this type and approves 74% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Colchester's median. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,545 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
210655
Address
5 The Square, Coast Road, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8LG
Postcode
CO5 8LG
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Parish
West Mersea

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
10 March 2021
Target Decision Date
5 May 2021
Date Decided
30 April 2021
Date Validated
10 March 2021
Date Submitted
10 March 2021

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

UPRN
100091471777
Documents
9
Coordinates
51.775550, 0.906692
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    10 Mar

    The proposed erection of a porch to the front of the existing dwelling

    This applicationApprovedOutline210655
  2. 2021
    5 Mar

    Application for prior approval of a proposed enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional…

    ApprovedExtensions of top of dwellingFiled alongside210670

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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