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19a Empress Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8EX

230815Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion - Change of use from single detached garage to Hobby Room with WC Facilities

Received
4 April 2023
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received4 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 19a Empress Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8EX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 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
CO5 8EX
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2023
Consultation expiry
30 April 2023
Consultation end
30 April 2023
Target decision date
31 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10091123043
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 12/88Part of the 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

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.

Source: Colchester

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