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Rockinghams Lodge, Rockinghams Farm Road, Layer Marney Colchester CO5 9UL

252762Certificate of Lawful Use - ExistingPermitted
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for existing swimmingpool house and cart lodge

Received
30 December 2025
Decided
24 February 2026 · Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated30 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester83% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at Rockinghams Lodge, Rockinghams Farm Road, Layer Marney Colchester CO5 9UL. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 1,545 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
252762
Address
Rockinghams Lodge, Rockinghams Farm Road, Layer Marney Colchester CO5 9UL
Postcode
CO5 9UL
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
Parish
Layer Marney

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
30 December 2025
Consultation Expiry
28 January 2026
Target Decision Date
24 February 2026
Date Decided
24 February 2026
Date Validated
30 December 2025
Date Submitted
30 December 2025
Consultation End
28 January 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Result
l

Additional Information

UPRN
10004948494
Coordinates
51.814350, 0.785255
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    30 Dec

    Erection of summer house

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Filed alongside252761
  2. 2025
    30 Dec

    Application for a lawful development certificate for existing swimmingpool house and cart lodge

    This applicationApprovedAmendment252762

Planning constraints

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

  • 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 (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

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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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