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Stanway Nurseries, Turkey Cock Lane, Stanway Colchester CO3 5NA

240968Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 5 July 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective change of use of the existing buildings to flexible Class B2/B8 commercial units

Received
10 May 2024
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Stanway Nurseries, Turkey Cock Lane, Stanway Colchester CO3 5NA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 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
CO3 5NA
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2024
Consultation expiry
7 June 2024
Consultation end
7 June 2024
Target decision date
5 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10004942924
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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