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Springfield Farm, Nightingale Hill, Langham Colchester CO4 5PN

251799Full (13 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of six dwellings and associated works (following the demolition of an existing dwelling and redundant agricultural buildings, including those subject to prior approval under Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) for conver

Received
20 August 2025
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 233 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Springfield Farm, Nightingale Hill, Langham Colchester CO4 5PN. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 233 days, 25 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 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
CO4 5PN
Application type
Full (13 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Langham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2025
Consultation expiry
11 November 2025
Consultation end
11 November 2025
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
233 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091244204
Documents
53

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. 2026
    16 Jun

    Application to discharge condition 13 (CMS), 15 (RMS) and BNG of planning permission 251799

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions261106
  2. 2025
    20 Aug

    Erection of six dwellings and associated works (following the demolition of an existing dwelling and…

    This applicationApprovedFull251799

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