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Colchester Royal Grammar School, 6 Lexden Road, Colchester Essex CO3 3ND

Awaiting decision Colchester 242096 Works to Trees in Conservation Area

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

T1 Fruit tree dead overhanging front wall. Fell/remove T2 Silver Birchtree dead. Fell/remove T3 & T4 Sycamores, re pollard as before to control growth. T5 Lime re pollard as before to control growth.

As published by the council, reference 242096

Application record

Reference
242096
Type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Status
Application Valid
Received
16 Oct 2024
Validated
16 Oct 2024
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
Parish
Colchester
Postcode
CO3 3ND

Site history

Applications at this address on the Colchester register

This site has had 4 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 241723 Granted

    Colchester Royal Grammar School, 6 Lexden Road, Colchester Essex CO3 3ND

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4. (232111)

    Decided 3 Oct 2024 Conditions
  • 222347 Granted

    Colchester Royal Grammar School, 6 Lexden Road, Colchester Essex CO3 3ND

    Installation of a vertical flue liner to the rear facade of the main building.

    Decided 19 Jan 2023 Full applications
  • 222348 Granted

    Colchester Royal Grammar School, 6 Lexden Road, Colchester Essex CO3 3ND

    Listed building application for installation of a vertical flue liner to the rear facade of the main building.

    Decided 19 Jan 2023 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Received by Colchester

  2. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 11 December 2024, 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

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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 tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

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