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51 Wheatfield Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0YA

250287Householder NotificationApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 April 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension extending 4.4 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, with a maximum height of 3.6 metres, and eaves height of 2.5metres.

Received
12 February 2025
Ward
Stanway
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 51 Wheatfield Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0YA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Stanway. We hold 737 applications in total for the CO3 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
CO3 0YA
Application type
Householder Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2025
Consultation expiry
13 March 2025
Consultation end
13 March 2025
Target decision date
2 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100090483194
Documents
8

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.

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