32 School Road, Copford Essex CO6 1BU

231847Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 23 November 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Proposal

Proposed Rear/Side Extension & Porch & garden room

Received: 4 August 2023
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Marks Tey & Layer

ReceivedReceived4 Aug
ValidatedValidated14 Aug
Consult.Consultation2 Oct
TargetTarget Date23 Nov
DecidedDecided23 Nov

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 32 School Road, Copford Essex CO6 1BU. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in the St Mary's Butts and Castle Street conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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: CO6 1BU
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Copford with Easthorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 August 2023
Consultation expiry: 2 October 2023
Consultation end: 2 October 2023
Target decision date: 23 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 101 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 16

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 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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© 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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