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Ashington Lodge, New Road, Aldham Colchester CO6 3QT

251117COU Agricultural buildings to residential dwellinghouseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 24 July 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Refused)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural storage building into two dwellings

Received
23 May 2025
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Ashington Lodge, New Road, Aldham Colchester CO6 3QT. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Lexden & Braiswick. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
CO6 3QT
Application type
COU Agricultural buildings to residential dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aldham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2025
Consultation expiry
19 June 2025
Consultation end
19 June 2025
Target decision date
24 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091244127
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    28 May

    Retention of annexe for temporary period of 3 years during construction of self build dwelling

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Filed alongside251155
  2. 2025
    23 May

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural storage…

    This applicationRefusedOther251117

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