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Essex Police, Traffic Unit Garage, New Farm Road, Stanway Essex CO3 0PG

250601Demolition of BuildingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 April 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Approved)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for prior notification of proposed demolition.

Received
24 March 2025
Ward
Stanway
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Essex Police, Traffic Unit Garage, New Farm Road, Stanway Essex CO3 0PG. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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
CO3 0PG
Application type
Demolition of Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2025
Consultation expiry
21 April 2025
Consultation end
21 April 2025
Target decision date
23 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
30 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091469577
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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© 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.

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