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The Sentinel, Chapel Road, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DX

230743Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 25 May 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of an existing detached garage in a Conservation Area. Erection of a proposed open-sided car port with planted roof, garden store and associated boundary fencing.

Received
25 March 2023
Ward
Wivenhoe
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided25 May

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Sentinel, Chapel Road, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Wivenhoe conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Wivenhoe. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 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
CO7 9DX
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wivenhoe

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2023
Consultation expiry
1 May 2023
Consultation end
1 May 2023
Target decision date
26 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
303006263
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wivenhoe
  • 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 (22)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

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