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Land adj to, 2 Hillside Cottages, Meeting Lane, East Mersea Colchester CO5 8TE

261600Outline (8 Week Determination)Permitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Outline application for the construction of 3no two bed bungalows withall matters reserved

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

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided26 Aug
8 weeks typical decision time in Colchester85% of applications approved

This is a planning application at Land adj to, 2 Hillside Cottages, Meeting Lane, East Mersea Colchester CO5 8TE. Colchester has handled 6 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them. It was submitted on 4 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
261600
Address
Land adj to, 2 Hillside Cottages, Meeting Lane, East Mersea Colchester CO5 8TE
Postcode
CO5 8TE
Local Authority
Colchester
Application Type
Outline (8 Week Determination)
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Application Valid
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Parish
East Mersea

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
1 September 2026
Target Decision Date
30 October 2026
Date Decided
26 August 2026
Date Validated
4 September 2026
Date Submitted
4 September 2026
Consultation End
25 September 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve
Case Officer
Phil Moreton

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

UPRN
100091243473
Coordinates
51.791798, 0.962082
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Colchester

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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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