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Bentley Country Park Ltd, Flag Hill, Great Bentley, Colchester, CO7 8RF

ESS/29/12/TEN/SOScreening Opinion Request CC/ESSApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 June 2012

Council decision: EIA not required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

demolition of existing sewage treatment plant and installation of new control kiosk linking to new treatment plant

Received
23 April 2012
Ward
Brightlingsea ED
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Bentley Country Park Ltd, Flag Hill, Great Bentley, Colchester, CO7 8RF. Essex has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Brightlingsea ED. We hold 2,586 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

100% of outline applications at Essex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO7 8RF
Application type
Screening Opinion Request CC/ESS
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Bentley CP Thorrington CP
District
Tendring District

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2012
Consultation expiry
19 June 2012
Consultation end
19 June 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
little bass ferry quay Suffolk woodbridge IP12 1BW

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • SSSI: Colne Estuary SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Essex EstuariesPart of the site
  • Special Protection Area: Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2)Part of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2)Part of the site

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (16)

flood storage 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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

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    23 Apr

    demolition of existing sewage treatment plant and installation of new control kiosk linking to new treatment…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application ESSFiled alongsideESS/29/12/TEN
  2. 2012
    23 Apr

    demolition of existing sewage treatment plant and installation of new control kiosk linking to new treatment…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineESS/29/12/TEN/SO

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