Tinkerbell Cottage, 79 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea Essex CO5 8BS
Approved on 8 July 2024
Council decision: Approve Conditional
Proposal
Side Extension and raising of roof and front balcony
- Received
- 9 May 2024
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Mersea & Pyefleet
- ReceivedReceived9 May
- ValidatedValidated9 May
- Consult.Consultation6 Jun
- TargetTarget Date8 Jul
- DecidedDecided8 Jul
Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a side extension at Tinkerbell Cottage, 79 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea Essex CO5 8BS. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days 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 1,567 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 8BS
- Application type
- Full (8 Week Determination)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- West Mersea
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 8 July 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Appeal
- Appeal result
- l
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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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