46 Rosabelle Avenue, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9NY

240520Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 April 2024

Council decision: Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

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

Proposal

This application is to construct a habitable room in the in the roof of an existing semi-detached property in Wivenhoe by forming a dormer roof at the rear of the property. The proposal extends across the length of the original house which will necessit

Received: 10 March 2024
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Wivenhoe

ReceivedReceived10 Mar
ValidatedValidated11 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 May
DecidedDecided30 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 46 Rosabelle Avenue, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9NY. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

75% of outline 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: CO7 9NY
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wivenhoe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 March 2024
Target decision date: 6 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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Source: Colchester

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