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St Matthews Church, Harwich Road, Colchester CO4 3HR

240851Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 5 June 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

In the place of two existing sheds (which are currently in a very poorstate of repair), we plan to erect a single new shed (3600x2400mm). This shed will be in the same place as the existing sheds, which is tothe left of the church and set towards the back

Received
17 April 2024
Ward
Greenstead
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Matthews Church, Harwich Road, Colchester CO4 3HR. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Greenstead. 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 3HR
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2024
Consultation expiry
29 May 2024
Consultation end
29 May 2024
Target decision date
28 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091470080
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Colchester

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