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43 Oaklands Avenue, Colchester Essex CO3 9ET

241119Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed conversion of existing garage into habitable room and construction of small link to existing house

Received
31 May 2024
Decided
26 July 2024 · Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Ward
Prettygate
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester72% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a garage at 43 Oaklands Avenue, Colchester Essex CO3 9ET. Colchester has handled 290 applications of this type and approves 74% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Prettygate. We hold 716 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
241119
Address
43 Oaklands Avenue, Colchester Essex CO3 9ET
Postcode
CO3 9ET
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Prettygate
Parish
Colchester

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
31 May 2024
Target Decision Date
26 July 2024
Date Decided
26 July 2024
Date Validated
31 May 2024
Date Submitted
31 May 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Result
l

Additional Information

Documents
8
Coordinates
51.879715, 0.850460
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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