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Lynch Cottage, Mill Lane, Birch Essex CO2 0NH

242439Certificate of Lawful Use - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 6 May 2025

Council decision: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing dwellingand bed and breakfast accommodation (B & B use).

Received
1 December 2024
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lynch Cottage, Mill Lane, Birch Essex CO2 0NH. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 101 applications in total for the CO2 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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
CO2 0NH
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Birch

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2024
Consultation expiry
6 January 2025
Consultation end
6 January 2025
Target decision date
8 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
148 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091467184
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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 2026-11-03. 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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