The Old School Hall, The Street, Salcott Maldon CM9 8HL
Approved on 9 December 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Approved)
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Proposal
Application for prior approval of the installation of solar PV equipment on the roof of a non domestic building.
- Received
- 24 October 2025
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Marks Tey & Layer
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation19 Nov
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 42 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at The Old School Hall, The Street, Salcott Maldon CM9 8HL. Colchester has handled 4,828 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 1,153 applications in total for the CM9 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CM9 8HL
- Application type
- Class J installation or alteration of solar equip on non-domestic prem
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Winstred Hundred
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal result
- l
Additional information
- UPRN
- 10070237141
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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