40 St Christopher Road, Colchester Essex CO4 0NA

231237Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 18 August 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

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

Proposal

Change of Use from Bank (E)(c)(i) to Tanning and Beauty Salon (E)(c) (iii) and installation of a new shop front.

Received: 22 May 2023
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: St Anne's & St John's

ReceivedReceived22 May
ValidatedValidated2 Jun
Consult.Consultation26 Jun
TargetTarget Date18 Aug
DecidedDecided18 Aug

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 St Christopher Road, Colchester Essex CO4 0NA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across St Anne's & St John's. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 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: CO4 0NA
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 26 June 2023
Consultation end: 26 June 2023
Target decision date: 18 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 77 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 29

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Colchester

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