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Round Bush Farm, Roundbush Road, Birch Colchester

F/COL/04/2177FullApproved

Approved on 20 December 2004

Council decision: Approve ConditionalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Outdoor equestrian manege, with post and rail fencing and wooden gate and sand surface 50m x 25m total

Received
23 November 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birch & Winstree
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Round Bush Farm, Roundbush Road, Birch Colchester. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

84% of full 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

Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birch

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2004
Target decision date
19 January 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 2026-11-03. 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.

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