Blackbrook Stud Farm, Ivy Lodge Road, Great Horkesley Colchester CO6 4EN Data via plota.co.uk

260801 - Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing Refused

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing farmhouse as primary residence with ancillary short term letting not exceeding 89 days per calendar year. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Sept 2026, 08:13

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Application progress

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Received

30 Apr 2026

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Validated

11 May 2026

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Refused

17 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 17 Jul 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Public footpath 15 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project 212 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is 212 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

1 listed building within 150 m

Nearest: Otters Brook Cottage, Grade II, 51 m away

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat 23 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Building

Floor area323 m² (3,477 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (63 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached house, 14 habitable rooms

Built1930 to 1949

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2015, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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