18 Angora Business Park, Peartree Road, Stanway Essex CO3 0AB

251135Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Proposal

Change of use of Unit 18 from Class F2 to Class E & Class B8 use.

Received: 30 May 2025
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Stanway

ReceivedReceived30 May
ValidatedValidated30 May
Consult.Consultation27 Jun
TargetTarget Date25 Jul
DecidedDecided23 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 18 Angora Business Park, Peartree Road, Stanway Essex CO3 0AB. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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: CO3 0AB
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 June 2025
Consultation end: 27 June 2025
Target decision date: 25 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Appeal history

3372519

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 November 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents: 7

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.

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© 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.

Source: Colchester

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