Dabchicks Sailing Club, 143 Coast Road, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8NX

252588Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional4 conditions

Proposal

Part replacement of external UPVC cladding and render for new black timber boarding Replacement of low level timber cladding with brickwork to match existing

Received: 2 December 2025
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Mersea & Pyefleet

ReceivedReceived2 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Dec
Consult.Consultation16 Mar
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided20 Apr

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Dabchicks Sailing Club, 143 Coast Road, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8NX. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in the West Mersea conservation area, with 9 listed buildings 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.

84% of full 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 8NX
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 16 March 2026
Consultation end: 16 March 2026
Target decision date: 20 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Kelsie Oliver
Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

Additional information

UPRN: 100091471493

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: West Mersea

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, 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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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Colchester

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