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124 Coast Road, West Mersea Essex CO5 8PA

232405Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 20 February 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New build dwelling occupying the same footprint as existing property, including new curtilage.

Received
14 October 2023
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 124 Coast Road, West Mersea Essex CO5 8PA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in the West Mersea conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. 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 8PA
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2023
Consultation expiry
10 November 2023
Consultation end
10 November 2023
Target decision date
23 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
130 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: West Mersea

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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