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59a Parsons Heath, Colchester CO4 3HX

250397Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 July 2025

Council decision: Approve Conditional5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from domestic annex to C3 Dwelling.

Received
27 February 2025
Ward
St Anne's & St John's
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 59a Parsons Heath, Colchester CO4 3HX. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across St Anne's & St John's. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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
CO4 3HX
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2025
Consultation expiry
23 May 2025
Consultation end
23 May 2025
Target decision date
2 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
125 days

Additional information

UPRN
100090469868
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 17A/97Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Local nature reserve: Welsh WoodNext to the 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    6 Aug

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 and 6 of approved application 250397

    PendingDischarge of conditions251695
  2. 2025
    27 Feb

    Change of use from domestic annex to C3 Dwelling.

    This applicationApprovedAmendment250397

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