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

16/01913/CMTRCounty MatterApproved

Approved on 12 December 2016

Council decision: To be determined by another AuthorityDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicle breaker's yard including alterations to crossover, erection of building and construction of new internal road and turning area (Resubmission of ESS/60/15/TEN)

Received
22 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Gt Brom
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 20 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. This one was decided in 20 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tendring's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

89% of all 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 8HT
Application type
County Matter
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thorrington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2016
Target decision date
8 December 2016
Permission expires
12 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cavendish Lane Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7PZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
16 days

Additional information

Comments
0
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.

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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Planning history at this site

8 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
    3 Feb

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

    ApprovedCounty Matter16/00164/CMTR
  6. 2015
    28 Jul

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

    WithdrawnCounty Matter15/01141/CMTR

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