45 High Street, Colchester CO5 8QA
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor commercial unit at 45 High Street, West Mersea, from a shop (use class E) to a Laundrette and Wet Cleaners (Sui Generis)
- Received
- 4 April 2025
- Decided
- 20 May 2025 · Approve Conditional
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Mersea & Pyefleet
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- ReceivedSubmitted4 Apr
- ValidatedValidated4 Apr
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date30 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 45 High Street, Colchester CO5 8QA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Colchester's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,545 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.
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- 202523 May
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 and 5 of application 250744
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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