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Orpen Memorial Hall, Lexden Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3BW

230400Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 28 April 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Proposal

Proposed rear/side extension to the John Lampon Hall for community hub and office

Received
20 February 2023
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at Orpen Memorial Hall, Lexden Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3BW. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Lexden & Braiswick. 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 3BW
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
West Bergholt

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2023
Consultation expiry
20 March 2023
Consultation end
20 March 2023
Target decision date
28 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091472954
Documents
9

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.

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