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Land Adjacent To, 3 Highfield Drive, Colchester CO3 3QA

Refused Colchester 222971 Full (8 Week Determination)

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Creation of a three bedroom detached house.

As published by the council, reference 222971

Application record

Reference
222971
Type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Status
Decision Issued
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
1 Dec 2022
Validated
1 Dec 2022
Decided
3 Feb 2023
Ward
Lexden & Braiswick
Parish
Colchester
Postcode
CO3 3QA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Dec 2022

    Received by Colchester

  2. 3 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

20 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Colchester refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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