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Chestnuts Farm, Peldon Road, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RH

222723Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 22 December 2022

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing garage / outbuilding into annex living accommodation

Received
31 October 2022
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Chestnuts Farm, Peldon Road, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RH. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 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 7RH
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2022
Consultation expiry
24 November 2022
Consultation end
24 November 2022
Target decision date
26 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10004950448
Documents
8

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.

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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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