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Land to the south west, Holly House, London Road, Great Horkesley Colchester CO6 4BZ

252076Agricultural DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Refused)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed timber built machinery store for land maintenance

Received
29 September 2025
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land to the south west, Holly House, London Road, Great Horkesley Colchester CO6 4BZ. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

85% of all applications at Colchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Prior Approval is required and is hereby refused. The proposal does not constitute development permitted under Class B as it relates to the erection of a new building rather than the extension of an existing one. In any event, there is no evidence to demonstrate that the site is in agricultural use or that it forms part of an established agricultural unit. Accordingly, the proposal fails to meet the requirements of Class B, Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CO6 4BZ
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Horkesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
20 October 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025
Target decision date
3 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091242632
Documents
6

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.

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