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Hill Farm, School Lane, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RJ

251299Full (8 Week Determination)Refused
Full

Refused on 15 August 2025

Council decision: Refuse

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling to follow Replacement self-build dwelling

Received
20 June 2025
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hill Farm, School Lane, Great Wigborough Colchester CO5 7RJ. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 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
CO5 7RJ
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Winstred Hundred

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 June 2025
Consultation expiry
18 July 2025
Consultation end
18 July 2025
Target decision date
15 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091245009
Documents
10

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    19 Mar

    Replacement Dwelling. Resubmission of 131529.

    RefusedFull (8 Week Determination)142947

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