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Aberfeldy, 5 Seaview Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8HE

220654Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed use or development of Conversion of existing garage to habitable space, whilst retaining the existing garage door front

Received
13 March 2022
Decided
13 May 2022 · Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester72% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a garage at Aberfeldy, 5 Seaview Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8HE. Colchester has handled 290 applications of this type and approves 74% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Colchester's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,545 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
220654
Address
Aberfeldy, 5 Seaview Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8HE
Postcode
CO5 8HE
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Parish
West Mersea

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 March 2022
Target Decision Date
16 May 2022
Date Decided
13 May 2022
Date Validated
21 March 2022
Date Submitted
13 March 2022

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

UPRN
303002379
Documents
4
Coordinates
51.781796, 0.929787
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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Also checked, none recorded (23)

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