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Whitehouse Farm Bungalow, White House Farm, Severalls Lane, Colchester CO4 5JA

261335Certificate of Lawful Use - ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing bungalow. The existing bungalow has not been lived in as the property is currently in an unsafe condition that requires demolition and rebuilding. We have been advised by the planning author

Received
20 July 2026
Decision due
9 November 2026
Ward
Mile End
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Whitehouse Farm Bungalow, White House Farm, Severalls Lane, Colchester CO4 5JA. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Mile End. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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
CO4 5JA
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Myland

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Sakeena El-Diwany
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
303003423

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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© 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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