20 Sycamore Road, Colchester CO4 3NH

212721Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 24 November 2021

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Ramped access with retaining walls and galvanised hand rails

Received: 4 October 2021
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Greenstead

ReceivedReceived4 Oct
ValidatedValidated4 Oct
Consult.Consultation9 Nov
TargetTarget Date29 Nov
DecidedDecided24 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 20 Sycamore Road, Colchester CO4 3NH. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Greenstead. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 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: CO4 3NH
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 October 2021
Consultation expiry: 9 November 2021
Consultation end: 9 November 2021
Target decision date: 29 November 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

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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Source: Colchester

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