Nightflix, Former Site Of Sainsburys Supermarket, Tollgate West, Stanway CO3 8RG

212635Full (13 Week Determination)Refused

Full

Refused on 17 December 2021

Council decision: Refuse

Proposal

A 1 year temporary change of use of vacant land to enable the installation of a pop-up cinema with associated facilities which include a mobile projection unit, food stands, retail and WC's.

Received: 23 September 2021
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Stanway

ReceivedReceived23 Sep
ValidatedValidated23 Sep
Consult.Consultation1 Nov
TargetTarget Date23 Dec
DecidedDecided17 Dec

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Nightflix, Former Site Of Sainsburys Supermarket, Tollgate West, Stanway CO3 8RG. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Stanway. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 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: CO3 8RG
Application type: Full (13 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 September 2021
Consultation expiry: 1 November 2021
Consultation end: 1 November 2021
Target decision date: 23 December 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Additional information

Documents: 20

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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