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Ashpark House, Peldon Road, Abberton Colchester CO5 7PB

252363Outline (8 Week Determination)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 June 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional12 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for demolition of existing care home building together with associated structures and erection of up to 8 single storey bungalows.**Amended Description**

Received
28 October 2025
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Ashpark House, Peldon Road, Abberton Colchester CO5 7PB. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 231 days, 25 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 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
CO5 7PB
Application type
Outline (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Abberton & Langenhoe

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026
Consultation expiry
27 November 2025
Consultation end
27 November 2025
Target decision date
23 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Kelsie Oliver
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
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Additional information

UPRN
100091244456

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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