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11 St Helena Road, Colchester Essex CO3 3BA

Granted Colchester 230204 Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed small garden room to be constructed to rear garden of existing dwellinghouse.

As published by the council, reference 230204

Application record

Reference
230204
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Status
Decision Issued
Decision
Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Received
31 Jan 2023
Validated
31 Jan 2023
Decided
17 Mar 2023
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
Parish
Colchester
Postcode
CO3 3BA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Jan 2023

    Received by Colchester

  2. 17 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Colchester granted permission on 17 March 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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