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Nightingale Farm, School Lane, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RN

210657COU Agricultural buildings to residential dwellinghouseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 May 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Approved)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to a Dwellinghouse (Class C3) and for associatedoperational development.

Received
3 March 2021
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target17 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Nightingale Farm, School Lane, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RN. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

85% of all 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 7RN
Application type
COU Agricultural buildings to residential dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2021
Consultation expiry
9 April 2021
Consultation end
9 April 2021
Target decision date
17 May 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

UPRN
100091245017
Documents
8

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    2 Nov

    Replacement of an agricultural building with a new dwelling (in lieu of Prior Approval for conversion of…

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Related213054
  2. 2021
    3 Mar

    Notification for Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to a Dwellinghouse…

    This applicationApprovedOther210657

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