The Chestnut Cottage, 131 Colchester Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3JX
Proposal
Retrospective application for replacement of an existing weather damaged road facing fence.
- Received
- 10 September 2025
- Decided
- 28 January 2026 · Approve Conditional
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Lexden & Braiswick
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- ReceivedSubmitted10 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation28 Dec
- TargetTarget Date28 Jan
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at The Chestnut Cottage, 131 Colchester Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3JX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Colchester's median. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Lexden & Braiswick. We hold 2,496 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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- Listed building: Malthouse, South East Of Brewery On South Side Of Colchester Road, West Bergholt, Colches…On or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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