Planning application
Mayford, Mersea Road, Peldon Colchester CO5 7QG
Works: New dwelling Demolition Small domestic
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Proposal
Demolition of existing agricultural building and erection of a single-storey detached dwelling with associated access, parking, landscaping and amenity space, informed by the extant Class Q prior approval (ref. 250962)(Self build)
As published by the council, reference 261064
Application record
- Reference
- 261064
- Type
- Full (8 Week Determination)
- Status
- Application Valid
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Mersea & Pyefleet
- Parish
- Winstred Hundred
- Postcode
- CO5 7QG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jun 2026
Received by Colchester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 August 2026, 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
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