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15 Queen Anne Road, West Mersea Essex CO5 8BB

241348Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 4 November 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional6 conditions

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage into ancillary guest room

Received
2 July 2024
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 15 Queen Anne Road, West Mersea Essex CO5 8BB. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks 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 8BB
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2024
Consultation expiry
26 July 2024
Consultation end
26 July 2024
Target decision date
4 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
125 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

Source: Colchester

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