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Hushwing Farm, Mount Bures Road, Wakes Colne Colchester CO6 2AP

222262Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of Use for a Education Centre and Welfare Facility building and Two Client & Student Accommodation pods (ADDITIONAL COMMENTS RECEIVED)

Received
6 September 2022
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hushwing Farm, Mount Bures Road, Wakes Colne Colchester CO6 2AP. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 13 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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
CO6 2AP
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wakes Colne

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2022
Consultation expiry
28 October 2022
Consultation end
28 October 2022
Target decision date
3 February 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
150 days

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    6 Sep

    New Dwelling

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Filed alongside222261
  2. 2022
    6 Sep

    Change of Use for a Education Centre and Welfare Facility building and Two Client & Student Accommodation…

    This applicationApprovedFull222262

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