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The Old School, Church Lane, Boxted Colchester CO4 5GW

232420Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 8 March 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional

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Proposal

Erection of stores and annexe attached to existing garage. Erection ofdetached Garden Store. Erection of Pavilion.

Received
18 October 2023
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 142 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at The Old School, Church Lane, Boxted Colchester CO4 5GW. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Boxted conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 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
CO4 5GW
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Boxted

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2023
Consultation expiry
14 November 2023
Consultation end
14 November 2023
Target decision date
8 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
142 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10024402939
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Boxted
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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