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land off, Reeves Hall Farm, Meeting Lane, East Mersea Colchester

242541Agricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 January 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Approved)

Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed building.

Received
15 December 2024
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at land off, Reeves Hall Farm, Meeting Lane, East Mersea Colchester. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

85% of all 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

Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2024
Consultation expiry
31 December 2024
Consultation end
31 December 2024
Target decision date
13 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
8901203
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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