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Unit 3 Stane Leisure Park, Stanway Colchester CO3 0NU

230737Full (8 Week Determination)Refused
Full

Refused on 20 October 2023

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of Unit 3 to provide a drive thru restaurant/cafe unit (which will also facilitate the consumption of food and drink on the premises), revised parking layout, and landscaping

Received
24 March 2023
Ward
Stanway
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 210 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 3 Stane Leisure Park, Stanway Colchester CO3 0NU. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Stanway. 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 0NU
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Consultation expiry
30 April 2023
Consultation end
30 April 2023
Target decision date
20 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
210 days

Appeal

Appeal date
21 May 2024
Appeal result
Upheld
Appeal decision date
15 November 2024

Additional information

Documents
51

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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