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11 Valfreda Way, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9PJ

261378Certificate of Lawful Use - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed single- storey rear extension extending 3.0 metres beyond the rear wall of theoriginal dwelling with a flat roof and rooflights.

Received
27 July 2026
Ward
Wivenhoe
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 11 Valfreda Way, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9PJ. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Wivenhoe. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

75% of outline 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
CO7 9PJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wivenhoe

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Target decision date
21 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
SimonM Grady
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
100090481362

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.

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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