Abbotts Hall Farm, Joan Elliot Visitor Centre, Maldon Road, Great Wigborough CO5 7RZ

211730Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 13 August 2021

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Proposal

Expansion of existing outdoor nursery school to include an additional 956sq.m of agricultural land (change of use) in educational land use and provide a new building to accommodate a prep kitchen, store room and wc's

Received: 18 June 2021
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Marks Tey & Layer

ReceivedReceived18 Jun
ValidatedValidated25 Jun
Consult.Consultation19 Jul
TargetTarget Date20 Aug
DecidedDecided13 Aug

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Abbotts Hall Farm, Joan Elliot Visitor Centre, Maldon Road, Great Wigborough CO5 7RZ. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 7RZ
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 June 2021
Consultation expiry: 19 July 2021
Consultation end: 19 July 2021
Target decision date: 20 August 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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Source: Colchester

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