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37 Firs Chase, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8NN

261563Full (8 Week Determination)Permitted

Proposal

Single storey side extensions to garage and installation of 1.8m fenceon east boundary.

Received
2 September 2026
Decided
24 July 2026 · Approve
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided24 Jul
8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester90% of full (8 week determination) applications approved

This is a planning application for a garage at 37 Firs Chase, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8NN. Colchester has handled 93 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 10 days. It was submitted on 2 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,545 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
261563
Address
37 Firs Chase, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8NN
Postcode
CO5 8NN
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Application Valid
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Parish
West Mersea

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
26 August 2026
Target Decision Date
28 October 2026
Date Decided
24 July 2026
Date Validated
2 September 2026
Date Submitted
2 September 2026
Consultation End
23 September 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve
Case Officer
Kelsie Oliver

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

UPRN
100090451559
Coordinates
51.779697, 0.904494
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Planning 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 2026-10-09. 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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