27 De Burgh Road, Colchester Essex CO3 9BQ

230469Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 May 2023

Council decision: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Approximate site (title boundary)

Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Build an enclosed Porch tied into the front of the existing building. Guttering to a water butt for Drainage.

Received: 25 February 2023
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Prettygate

ReceivedReceived25 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 May
DecidedDecided18 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a porch at 27 De Burgh Road, Colchester Essex CO3 9BQ. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Prettygate. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

75% of outline applications at Colchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: CO3 9BQ
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 March 2023
Target decision date: 18 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 14

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.

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.

Source: Colchester

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