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Land South of, Packards Lane, Fordham

Awaiting decision Colchester 212004 Preliminary Enquiry (Public) ***THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION***

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use of land from agriculture to employment to provide a mix of office; storage, manufacturing or industrial uses; and a Business Support Centre providing office or research and development space together with hard and soft landscaping works, in

As published by the council, reference 212004

Application record

Reference
212004
Type
Preliminary Enquiry (Public) ***THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION***
Status
Application Valid
Received
16 Jul 2021
Validated
16 Jul 2021
Ward
Rural North
Parish
Wormingford

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jul 2021

    Received by Colchester

  2. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 10 September 2021, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Colchester took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

1 document on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Colchester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Colchester's median decision took 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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