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Wig Cottage, Straight Road, Boxted Essex CO4 5QX

241282Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 20 August 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, the addition of two dormer windows replacing existing roof windows and the reinstatement of an earlier removed chimney.

Received
23 June 2024
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Wig Cottage, Straight Road, Boxted Essex CO4 5QX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5QX
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Boxted

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2024
Consultation expiry
17 July 2024
Consultation end
17 July 2024
Target decision date
23 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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