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Briarberry Barn, Turkey Cock Lane, Eight Ash Green Essex CO3 8NB

231041Certificate of Lawful Use - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 July 2023

Council decision: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of building as single residential dwelling.

Received
27 April 2023
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.1 Jun
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Briarberry Barn, Turkey Cock Lane, Eight Ash Green Essex CO3 8NB. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Lexden & Braiswick. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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 8NB
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Eight Ash Green

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
1 June 2023
Consultation end
1 June 2023
Target decision date
7 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
71 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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© 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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Source: Colchester

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