Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Approved on 28 August 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of stable building at unit 6 to Use Class E(g)(i) office space, E(g)(iii) industrial processes and agricultural buildings at unit 7 to Use Class E(d) Indoor sport with associated 31 car park spaces and cycle store to accommodate up to 12 cycles
- Received
- 27 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Maldon District Council
- Ward
- Purleigh
- ReceivedReceived27 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Jan
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date13 Mar
- DecidedDecided28 Aug
Decided in 224 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex. Maldon has handled 101 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 27 weeks longer than Maldon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Purleigh.
71% of amendment applications at Maldon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Purleigh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 14 February 2024
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 29 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 13 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 28 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 46 Little Meadow Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3LG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 24 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 14 February 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12695900
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
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: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202510 Dec
Change of use of Unit 5 commercial building from Class E (g)(iii) Industrial Processes, to Class E (d) gym
ApprovedApplication25/01058/FUL - 202323 Jun
Prior notification for a proposed change of use of agricultural building (Unit 7) to flexible use within…
RefusedChange of Use Prior Approval23/00632/COUPA
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