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Rear of, 2 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8EZ

O/COL/07/0032OutlineRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 April 2007

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for residential use

Received
5 January 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Rear of, 2 Fairhaven Avenue, West Mersea Colchester CO5 8EZ. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Mersea & Pyefleet. We hold 1,567 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
CO5 8EZ
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Mersea

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2007
Target decision date
5 March 2007
Decision issued
18 April 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
A1530/A/07/2055007/WF
Appeal date
11 October 2007
Appeal result
Dismissed
Appeal decision date
13 February 2008

Additional information

UPRN
100090450756
Documents
5

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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