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5 Richard Avenue Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0LP

15/00478/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 June 2015

Council decision: Approval - FullDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rear extension with internal alterations to form additional first floor bedroom and bathroom plus extra ground floor living accommodation.

Received
30 March 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Brightlingsea
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 5 Richard Avenue Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0LP. Tendring has handled 1,316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Tendring's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Brightlingsea. 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 0LP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brightlingsea Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2015
Consultation expiry
15 May 2015
Neighbour consultation start
14 April 2015
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2015
Last date for comments
15 May 2015
Target decision date
4 June 2015
Application expires
4 June 2015
Permission expires
3 June 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
186 Mersea Road Colchester Essex CO2 8QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 April 2015
Advertisement expiry
15 May 2015
Site notice start
15 April 2015
Site notice end
6 May 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-4085253
Documents
16
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: BrightlingseaNext to the site
  • 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.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Tendring

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