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31 Walter Radcliffe Road, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9FF

250694Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 12 June 2025

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Roof mounted solar PV

Received
29 March 2025
Ward
Wivenhoe
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 31 Walter Radcliffe Road, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9FF. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 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 9FF
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wivenhoe

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2025
Consultation expiry
16 May 2025
Consultation end
16 May 2025
Target decision date
17 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10024403368
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: WivenhoePart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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