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Moss Farm, Penlan Hall Lane, Fordham Essex CO6 3LR

242605Agricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 20 January 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Approved)

Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed steel portal frame agricultural building

Received
23 December 2024
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Moss Farm, Penlan Hall Lane, Fordham Essex CO6 3LR. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

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

Postcode
CO6 3LR
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fordham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation expiry
14 January 2025
Consultation end
14 January 2025
Target decision date
20 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

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.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Old TimbersOn or next to this site
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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