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53a Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3PZ

230227Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 30 March 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed blocking up of one side window and replacement with a fire escape compliant window. Increasing the height of the chimney to the single storey garden room to rear. Replacing the roof to the existinggarage outbuilding.

Received
2 February 2023
Ward
Castle
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 53a Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3PZ. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Colchester Area 2 conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Castle. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 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
CO3 3PZ
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2023
Consultation expiry
2 March 2023
Consultation end
2 March 2023
Target decision date
30 March 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100090461668
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Colchester Area 2
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 33/09Protected tree on 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: Colchester

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