Hemps Green Barn, Mount Bures Road, Wakes Colne Colchester CO6 2AP

240468Full (8 Week Determination)Refused

Full

Refused on 7 June 2024

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to a dog training facility and erection of a menage cover.

Received: 2 March 2024
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Rural North

ReceivedReceived2 Mar
ValidatedValidated14 Mar
Consult.Consultation5 Apr
TargetTarget Date7 Jun
DecidedDecided7 Jun

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hemps Green Barn, Mount Bures Road, Wakes Colne Colchester CO6 2AP. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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: CO6 2AP
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Wakes Colne

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 March 2024
Consultation expiry: 5 April 2024
Consultation end: 5 April 2024
Target decision date: 7 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 85 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

UPRN: 10070236082
Documents: 16

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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3 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Colchester

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