Birchbrook House, Fingringhoe Road, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7JH
Approved on 2 June 2026
Council decision: Approve Conditional8 conditions
Proposal
Remove garage to re-build an annex with pool room. Land to be built upto form a swimming pool.
- Received
- 10 March 2026
- Council
- Colchester City Council
- Ward
- Old Heath & The Hythe
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date2 Jun
- DecidedDecided2 Jun
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Birchbrook House, Fingringhoe Road, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7JH. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Old Heath & The Hythe. 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 7JH
- Application type
- Full (8 Week Determination)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Colchester
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 June 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Phil Moreton
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal result
- l
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100091240621
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.
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 2026-11-03. 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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