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87 Apprentice Drive, Colchester Essex CO4 5SE

242287Full (8 Week Determination)Refused
Full

Refused on 6 January 2025

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Adding an Air Source Heat Pump to the west side of the plot

Received
10 November 2024
Ward
Mile End
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 87 Apprentice Drive, Colchester Essex CO4 5SE. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 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 5SE
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Myland

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2024
Consultation expiry
10 December 2024
Consultation end
10 December 2024
Target decision date
6 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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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