95 Broome Grove, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9QT

250195Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 23 May 2025

Council decision: Approve Conditional7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use to small care home (Class C2)

Received: 3 February 2025
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Wivenhoe

ReceivedReceived3 Feb
ValidatedValidated3 Feb
Consult.Consultation25 Feb
TargetTarget Date26 May
DecidedDecided23 May

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 95 Broome Grove, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9QT. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Wivenhoe. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 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: CO7 9QT
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Wivenhoe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 25 February 2025
Consultation end: 25 February 2025
Target decision date: 26 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 112 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Appeal history

3365608

Dismissed

Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 September 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

UPRN: 100090442010
Documents: 54

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.

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Source: Colchester

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