The Old Bakery, Layer Road, Abberton Essex CO5 7NH
Proposal
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 of 231302
- Received
- 18 February 2026
- Decision due
- 15 April 2026
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Mersea & Pyefleet
- ReceivedReceived18 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date15 Apr
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at The Old Bakery, Layer Road, Abberton Essex CO5 7NH. Colchester has handled 501 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 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.
95% of conditions 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 7NH
- Application type
- Discharge of Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Abberton & Langenhoe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Daniel Cooper
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal result
- l
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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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.
© 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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