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Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch CO5 9XE

241411County MatterAwaiting decision

Proposal

Essex County Council consultation ESS/31/24/COL for - Change of use ofagricultural land to a waste management use and construction of a concrete pad to enable the extension of green waste open windrow composting operations, topsoil blending and storage

Received
5 July 2024
Decision due
2 August 2024
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch CO5 9XE. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 July 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
CO5 9XE
Application type
County Matter
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birch

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

UPRN
10024403547
Documents
5

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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