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Pod On Homebase Car Park, Homebase Tollgate, Colchester CO3 8RH

211020Full (8 Week Determination)Pending Decision
Full

Proposal

Retrospective planning application for We Buy Any Car pod on Homebase car park.

Received
13 April 2021
Decided
7 September 2021 · Approve Conditional
Ward
Stanway
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.1 Jun
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester84% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Pod On Homebase Car Park, Homebase Tollgate, Colchester CO3 8RH. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Colchester's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Stanway. We hold 716 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
211020
Address
Pod On Homebase Car Park, Homebase Tollgate, Colchester CO3 8RH
Postcode
CO3 8RH
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Stanway
Parish
Colchester

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 April 2021
Consultation Expiry
1 June 2021
Target Decision Date
1 July 2021
Date Decided
7 September 2021
Date Validated
6 May 2021
Date Submitted
13 April 2021
Consultation End
1 June 2021

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve Conditional
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
8
Coordinates
51.885056, 0.830552
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Planning constraints

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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