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50 High Street, West Mersea Essex CO5 8JE

241219Full (8 Week Determination)Pending Decision
Full

Proposal

Removal of existing disused prefabricated garage/outbuilding to the rear of 48 High Street to create access to rear gardens of both 48 and50 High Street via existing dropped kerb accessed from Melrose Road and creation of off road parking to both 48 and

Received
13 June 2024
Decided
23 July 2024 · Approve Conditional
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester84% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a garage at 50 High Street, West Mersea Essex CO5 8JE. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Colchester's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,545 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
241219
Address
50 High Street, West Mersea Essex CO5 8JE
Postcode
CO5 8JE
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Parish
West Mersea

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 June 2024
Consultation Expiry
15 July 2024
Target Decision Date
16 August 2024
Date Decided
23 July 2024
Date Validated
21 June 2024
Date Submitted
13 June 2024
Consultation End
15 July 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve Conditional
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Result
l

Additional Information

Documents
8
Coordinates
51.777664, 0.912106
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Planning 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.

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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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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