Rose Inn Nurseries, Mersea Road, Peldon Essex CO5 7QG

231451Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 July 2023

Council decision: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for prosed single storey flat roof extension to existing offices

Received: 16 June 2023
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Mersea & Pyefleet

ReceivedReceived16 Jun
ValidatedValidated16 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Aug
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Rose Inn Nurseries, Mersea Road, Peldon Essex CO5 7QG. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,568 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

75% of outline 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 7QG
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 June 2023
Target decision date: 11 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High 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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© 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.

Source: Colchester

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