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Bells Hill House, Bells Hill, Mount Bures CO8 5BA

260610Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 9 June 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional4 conditions

Proposal

Part two storey, part single storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration and internal floor plan. Removal of covered link between dwelling and outbuilding. Alterations to car parking area and driveway. Removal of existing chimneys and addition

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Rural North
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target8 Jun
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Bells Hill House, Bells Hill, Mount Bures CO8 5BA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days 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 115 applications across Rural North. We hold 165 applications in total for the CO8 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
CO8 5BA
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mount Bures

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation end
6 May 2026
Target decision date
8 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Laura Pike
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10070234309

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 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.

Source: Colchester

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