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Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery, 1 Villa Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0RH

213491Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 9 May 2022

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of grass area to side elevation of nursery to a 'Forest School' with the erection of an 8ft high closed board timber frame fence around the boundary edge of this area for safety and security ofthe children using the nursery. There will also

Received
21 December 2021
Ward
Stanway
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery, 1 Villa Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0RH. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Stanway. We hold 737 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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 0RH
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2022
Consultation expiry
8 April 2022
Consultation end
8 April 2022
Target decision date
9 May 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
100091469707
Documents
15

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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© 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.

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