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Lions Farm, Langham Lane, Boxted Colchester CO4 5HY

240117Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 22 April 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of part of existing barn for Class B8: Storage and Distribution, ancillary office, kitchen and toilets, and associated parking and turning provision. (Resubmission of 232503)

Received
19 January 2024
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Lions Farm, Langham Lane, Boxted Colchester CO4 5HY. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 1,002 applications in total for the CO4 postcode area.

83% 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 5HY
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Boxted

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2024
Consultation expiry
13 February 2024
Consultation end
13 February 2024
Target decision date
24 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091242240
Documents
16

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

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Colchester

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