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2 Moorside, East Gates Colchester CO1 2TJ

231741Full (8 Week Determination)Withdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 6 December 2024

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The unit will be used for warehousing and distribution with an ancillary trade counter area. New palisade fencing will be added to improve security so that stock can be stored in the Eastern side of the site.

Received
20 July 2023
Ward
Castle
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 493 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 2 Moorside, East Gates Colchester CO1 2TJ. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 505 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Castle. We hold 164 applications in total for the CO1 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
CO1 2TJ
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2023
Consultation expiry
24 August 2023
Consultation end
24 August 2023
Target decision date
20 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Additional information

UPRN
100091626407
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Colchester Area 1Part of the site

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, 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.

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.

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