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Land To The Rear Of, 19 & 21 Empress Avenue, West Mersea Colchester

O/COL/05/1024OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 August 2005

Council decision: Approve ConditionalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential development to rear.

Received
7 June 2005
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
West Mersea
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The Rear Of, 19 & 21 Empress Avenue, West Mersea Colchester. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

75% of outline 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
Outline
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2005
Target decision date
2 August 2005
Decision issued
2 August 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
8900642
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 12/88Part of the 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    11 May

    Extension of time for the implementation of outline planning permission O/COL/05/1024

    ApprovedOutline (8 Week Determination)Related100927
  2. 2005
    7 Jun

    Residential development to rear.

    This applicationApprovedOutlineO/COL/05/1024

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2005
    15 Mar

    Residential development to rear.

    WithdrawnOutlineO/COL/05/0499

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