Land Adjacent To, Hammonds Farm, Chappel Road, Fordham Colchester CO6 3LS

231800Agricultural DeterminationRefused

Prior approval

Refused on 6 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Refused)

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

Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed building.

Received: 30 July 2023
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Rural North

ReceivedReceived30 Jul
ValidatedValidated9 Oct
Consult.Consultation24 Oct
TargetTarget Date6 Nov
DecidedDecided6 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land Adjacent To, Hammonds Farm, Chappel Road, Fordham Colchester CO6 3LS. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

85% of all 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: CO6 3LS
Application type: Agricultural Determination
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Mount Bures

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 October 2023
Consultation expiry: 24 October 2023
Consultation end: 24 October 2023
Target decision date: 6 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 10

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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Planning history at this site

2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Colchester

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