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Sports Ground, Colchester Road, West Mersea Essex CO5 8RS

230977Full (8 Week Determination)Pending Decision
Full

Proposal

2no. shipping containers for storage of sports equipment for Mersea Island Rugby Club. Temporary approved under application 192243

Received
21 April 2023
Decided
26 June 2023 · Approve Conditional
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester84% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Sports Ground, Colchester Road, West Mersea Essex CO5 8RS. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Colchester's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,545 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
230977
Address
Sports Ground, Colchester Road, West Mersea Essex CO5 8RS
Postcode
CO5 8RS
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Parish
West Mersea

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
21 April 2023
Consultation Expiry
24 May 2023
Target Decision Date
4 July 2023
Date Decided
26 June 2023
Date Validated
21 April 2023
Date Submitted
21 April 2023
Consultation End
24 May 2023

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve Conditional
Statutory Period
74 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Result
l

Additional Information

UPRN
303013504
Documents
9
Coordinates
51.785187, 0.922814
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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.

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