1 Rose Inn Cottages, Mersea Road, Peldon Essex CO5 7QG

240118Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 9 July 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Proposal

Application for change of use of existing garage to short term holidayletting full planning permission for outbuilding as built. AMENDED DESCRIPTION

Received: 21 January 2024
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Mersea & Pyefleet

ReceivedReceived21 Jan
ValidatedValidated7 Mar
Consult.Consultation28 Mar
TargetTarget Date9 Jul
DecidedDecided9 Jul

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 1 Rose Inn Cottages, Mersea Road, Peldon Essex CO5 7QG. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 16 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,568 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 7QG
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 March 2024
Consultation expiry: 28 March 2024
Consultation end: 28 March 2024
Target decision date: 9 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 124 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 24

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 3: High 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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