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Rickstones, Argents Lane, Fordham Heath Colchester CO3 9TE

251926Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 October 2025

Council decision: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the demolition ofexisting conservatory and rear porch. Addition of new single storey extension.

Received
4 September 2025
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Rickstones, Argents Lane, Fordham Heath Colchester CO3 9TE. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Lexden & Braiswick. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

75% of outline 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 9TE
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eight Ash Green

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025
Target decision date
30 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
200002753749
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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