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Units 3, 4 and 5, Tollgate Business Park, Tollgate West, Stanway Colchester CO3 8AB

221277Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 July 2022

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Signage upon the north elevations of the business units, to replace original signage as new tenants have taken resident in the units.

Received
19 May 2022
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Units 3, 4 and 5, Tollgate Business Park, Tollgate West, Stanway Colchester CO3 8AB. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

78% of advertising 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 8AB
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2022
Consultation expiry
23 June 2022
Consultation end
23 June 2022
Target decision date
14 July 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
10034899845
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: FoakesOn or next to this site
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Sep

    Change of use to flexible Use Class E(a)/E(g)(i)-(iii)/B2/B8

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)261622

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