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Land to the East of, Port Lane, Colchester CO1 2FT

242622Full (13 Week Determination)Refused
Full

Refused on 10 March 2025

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a three storey 66no. bedroom care home for the elderly (Use Class C2) with associated access, parking, landscaping and ancillary buildings.

Received
27 December 2024
Ward
Old Heath & The Hythe
  1. Received27 Dec
  2. Validated27 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land to the East of, Port Lane, Colchester CO1 2FT. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Old Heath & The Hythe. We hold 164 applications in total for the CO1 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
CO1 2FT
Application type
Full (13 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 December 2024
Consultation expiry
27 January 2025
Consultation end
27 January 2025
Target decision date
28 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Appeal history

3372736
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 March 2026Dev Type: Other Major DevelopmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

UPRN
10024404291
Documents
44

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

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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