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Hammonds Farm, Hemps Green, Fordham Colchester CO6 3LS

AG/COL/06/0631Agricultural DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 8 May 2006

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Refused)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Agricultural Determination application to determine whether prior approval is required for access road (retrospective).

Received
11 April 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fordham & Stour
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Hammonds Farm, Hemps Green, Fordham Colchester CO6 3LS. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

85% of all 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
CO6 3LS
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 April 2006
Target decision date
12 June 2006
Decision issued
9 May 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
62 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
A/06/2017529/NWF
Appeal date
18 June 2006
Appeal result
Withdrawn
Appeal decision date
24 September 2006

Additional information

Documents
4

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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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    11 Apr

    Agricultural Determination application to determine whether prior approval is required for access road…

    This applicationRefusedOtherAG/COL/06/0631
  2. 2006
    11 Apr

    Retrospective application for creation of access road.

    RefusedFullFiled alongsideF/COL/06/0622

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2010
    26 Mar

    Application for retrospective planning permission for replacement dwelling. Regularisation of planning…

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)100583
  2. 2008
    25 Mar

    Retrospective application for provision of access road.

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)080562
  3. 2007
    21 Oct

    Three storey side extension, loft conversion (increase in ridge height) rebuilding/conversion of redundant…

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)072622
  4. 2006
    16 Nov

    Retrospective application for proposed access road. Resubmission of F/COL/06/0622

    RefusedFullF/COL/06/1878
  5. 2006
    8 Oct

    Change of use of barn and adjacent sheds to domestic horse use and change of use of land from agricultural to…

    ApprovedChange of UseC/COL/06/1664
  6. 2006
    18 Jul

    Agricultural Determination application to determine whether prior approval is required for access road…

    RefusedAgricultural DeterminationAG/COL/06/1209

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