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The Chestnut Cottage, 131 Colchester Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3JX

231910Full (8 Week Determination)Refused
Full

Proposal

Proposed new 2no. car cart lodge with workspace in loft space and external store to rear. 4no. Velux window to roof slope

Received
14 August 2023
Decided
29 September 2023 · Refuse
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester84% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for window replacement at The Chestnut Cottage, 131 Colchester Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3JX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Colchester's median. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Lexden & Braiswick. We hold 2,496 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
231910
Address
The Chestnut Cottage, 131 Colchester Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3JX
Postcode
CO6 3JX
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Appeal Determined
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
Parish
West Bergholt

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
14 August 2023
Consultation Expiry
8 September 2023
Target Decision Date
9 October 2023
Date Decided
29 September 2023
Date Validated
14 August 2023
Date Submitted
14 August 2023
Consultation End
8 September 2023

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Date
11 January 2024
Appeal Result
Dismissed
Appeal Decision Date
28 February 2024

Additional Information

UPRN
100090446218
Documents
16
Coordinates
51.911995, 0.859107
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Malthouse, South East Of Brewery On South Side Of Colchester Road, West Bergholt, Colches…On or next to this site
  • 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.

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