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Auto Spares Station Yard, Great Bentley Road, Thorrington, CO7 8HT

ESS/60/15/TENFull Planning Application ESSRefused
Full

Refused on 22 March 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicles breakers yard including alterations to crossover, erection of building and construction of new internal road and turning area (resubmission of ESS/30/15/TEN)

Received
21 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 90 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Auto Spares Station Yard, Great Bentley Road, Thorrington, CO7 8HT. Essex has handled 82 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 8 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 2,585 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

96% of full 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 8HT
Application type
Full Planning Application ESS
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2015
Consultation expiry
29 January 2016
Consultation end
29 January 2016
Committee meeting
14 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 5A, Patches Yard Cavendish Lane Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7PZ

Additional information

Documents
21

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)

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    21 Dec

    Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicles breakers yard including alterations to crossover…

    This applicationRefusedFullESS/60/15/TEN
  2. 2015
    16 Jul

    Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicles breakers yard including alterations to crossover…

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application ESSPart ofESS/30/15/TEN

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Jul

    Details pursuant to condition 7 (cycle and powered two-wheel vehicle parking facilities) of planning…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/01009/CMTR
  2. 2025
    27 Feb

    Planning Application - Change of use from a residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to a mixed-use comprising a…

    PendingFull Application25/00336/FUL
  3. 2025
    3 Jan

    Application to Determine if Prior Approval is Required for a Proposed Larger Home Extension - Proposed single…

    RefusedHouseholder25/00006/HHPNOT
  4. 2021
    9 Jul

    Proposed change of use of land to form extension of vehicle breakers yard, including processing of…

    RefusedCounty Matter21/01242/CMTR
  5. 2020
    16 Oct

    Proposed extension to existing metals recycling facility, including processing of end-of-life vehicles, new…

    ApprovedCounty Matter20/01469/CMTR
  6. 2016
    12 Oct

    Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicles breakers yard including alterations to crossover…

    ApprovedScreening Opinion Request CC/ESSESS/45/16/TEN/SO

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