Little Winters Farm, Roundbush Road, Layer Marney Colchester CO5 9UR

232234Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 28 November 2023

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Proposal

Replace existing storage buildings, sheds, containers and areas of external storage, situated on the western boundary of the site, with anew storage building.

Received: 22 September 2023
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Marks Tey & Layer

ReceivedReceived22 Sep
ValidatedValidated22 Sep
Consult.Consultation20 Oct
TargetTarget Date28 Nov
DecidedDecided28 Nov

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Little Winters Farm, Roundbush Road, Layer Marney Colchester CO5 9UR. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building 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 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 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: CO5 9UR
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Layer Marney

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 20 October 2023
Consultation end: 20 October 2023
Target decision date: 28 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 67 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 13

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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