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Auto Spares Station Yard Frating Road Thorrington Colchester Essex CO7 8HT

15/01141/CMTRCounty MatterWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 21 September 2015

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

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Proposal

Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicles breakers yard uncluding alterations to crossover and construction of new internal road and turning area.

Received
28 July 2015
Public comments
1
Ward
Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Gt Brom
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Auto Spares Station Yard Frating Road Thorrington Colchester Essex CO7 8HT. Tendring has handled 123 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 55 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
CO7 8HT
Application type
County Matter
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thorrington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2015
Consultation expiry
21 August 2015
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2015
Neighbour consultation end
21 August 2015
Last date for comments
21 August 2015
Target decision date
13 August 2015
Permission expires
21 September 2020

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
16 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
2

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)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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

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Planning history at this site

10 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. 2021
    26 Jul

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

    ApprovedCounty Matter21/01324/CMTR
  3. 2021
    9 Jul

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

    RefusedCounty Matter21/01242/CMTR
  4. 2020
    16 Oct

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

    ApprovedCounty Matter20/01469/CMTR
  5. 2016
    22 Nov

    Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicle breaker's yard including alterations to crossover…

    ApprovedCounty Matter16/01913/CMTR
  6. 2016
    3 Feb

    Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicle breaker's yard including alterations to crossover…

    ApprovedCounty Matter16/00164/CMTR

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