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The Chase, Straight Road, Colchester CO3 9BU

261720Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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.

Proposal

Erection of 1no. dwelling.

Received
21 September 2026
Ward
Prettygate
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided11 Sep

About this application

This is a planning application at The Chase, Straight Road, Colchester CO3 9BU. Colchester has handled 141 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Prettygate. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

94% of full (8 week determination) 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
CO3 9BU
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2026
Consultation end
14 October 2026
Target decision date
16 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
SimonM Grady

Additional information

UPRN
100091245816

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 05/71Protected tree on or next to this site
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    20 May

    Erection of 1 no. dwelling

    RefusedFull (8 Week Determination)251057

Source: Colchester

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