Brantwood, School Lane, Great Wigborough Essex CO5 7RJ

220442Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 11 April 2022

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Proposal

Conversion of existing detached garage into an annex ancillary to the main dwelling for use by mother of applicants.

Received: 17 February 2022
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Marks Tey & Layer

ReceivedReceived17 Feb
ValidatedValidated17 Feb
Consult.Consultation17 Mar
TargetTarget Date14 Apr
DecidedDecided11 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Brantwood, School Lane, Great Wigborough Essex CO5 7RJ. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 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 7RJ
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 February 2022
Consultation expiry: 17 March 2022
Consultation end: 17 March 2022
Target decision date: 14 April 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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