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Ancient House Colchester Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7NP

07/00373/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 May 2007

Council decision: Approval - FullDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of former restaurant and flat and refurbishment of existing cottage to form two dwellings. Internal and external alterations.

Received
5 March 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ancient House Colchester Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7NP. Tendring has handled 1,316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Tendring's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Tendring District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO7 7NP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ardleigh Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2007
Consultation expiry
27 April 2007
Consultation start
29 March 2007
Consultation end
12 April 2007
Neighbour consultation start
29 March 2007
Neighbour consultation end
19 April 2007
Last date for comments
27 April 2007
Target decision date
14 May 2007
Permission expires
15 May 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hamilton House Langenhoe Park Langenhoe Essex CO5 7JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 April 2007
Advertisement expiry
27 April 2007
Site notice start
4 April 2007
Site notice end
25 April 2007

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
7

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
  • Conservation area: Ardleigh
  • Listed building: Grade II: Ancient HouseOn or next to this site · +1 more

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2007
    5 Mar

    Change of use of former restaurant and flat and refurbishment of existing cottage to form two dwellings…

    This applicationApprovedFull07/00373/FUL
  2. 2007
    5 Mar

    Change of use of former restaurant and flat and refurbishment of existing cottage to form two dwellings…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside07/00388/LBC

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    22 Apr

    Discharge of condition 3 (External Finish Materials) of aproved Planning Permission ref: 20/00790/LBC

    Approval - Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions21/00756/DISCON
  2. 2017
    4 Jul

    1 No. Ash (T1)- reduce height to approx 3.5 m, 1 No. Crab Apple (T2), 2 No. Leyland cypress (T3 T4) - Fell

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area17/01119/TCA
  3. 2013
    10 Apr

    Ash - trim back.

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area13/00375/TCA
  4. 2012
    27 Jun

    Reinstatement and alterations to ground floor after flood damage. Installation of 2 no. windows to rear…

    Split decisionListed building consent12/00718/LBC
  5. 2011
    8 Aug

    Last tree of conifer hedge overhanging No. 9 Forge Court - cut back to boundary

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area11/00945/TCA
  6. 2011
    12 Apr

    3 No. Leylandii - fell

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area11/00489/TCA

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