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Part side garden of, 19 Empress Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8EX

211416Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 3 December 2021

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a Chalet Style dwelling with associated parking facilities

Received
10 May 2021
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 197 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Part side garden of, 19 Empress Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8EX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 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
CO5 8EX
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2021
Consultation expiry
31 August 2021
Consultation end
31 August 2021
Target decision date
3 December 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
197 days

Appeal history

3313574
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 May 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

UPRN
100090450088
Documents
47

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 12/88Part of the site
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    24 Feb

    Application for discharge of condition 6 & 11 of application 211416

    Discharge of Condition (Approved)Discharge of conditions220563
  2. 2021
    10 May

    Erection of a Chalet Style dwelling with associated parking facilities

    This applicationApprovedFull211416

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    22 Dec

    Application for non-material amendment following planning approval of 211416

    PendingNon-material amendment230016
  2. 2022
    6 Dec

    Erection of a domestic outbuilding to be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)223048
  3. 2022
    13 Oct

    Application to discharge condition 8 (parking) of planning permission 221203

    Discharge of Condition (Approved)Discharge of conditions222637
  4. 2022
    13 Oct

    Application to remove conditions 9 and 10 of planning permission 221203

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)222638
  5. 2022
    10 May

    First floor rear extension, single storey rear extension & general alterations and improvements to existing…

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)221203
  6. 2010
    11 May

    Extension of time for the implementation of outline planning permission O/COL/05/1024

    ApprovedOutline (8 Week Determination)100927

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