Home Farm Bungalow, East Road, East Mersea Colchester CO5 8UJ Data via plota.co.uk

261847 - Full (8 Week Determination) Application Valid

Proposal

Retrospective application for the retention of 2no. storage containers, hardstanding and a livestock pen, and the erection of a roof and timber cladding between and over the containers, on agricultural land. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 4 Nov 2026, 14:40

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Application progress

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Received

14 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Nov 2026 and 9 Dec 2026, from Colchester's recent agricultural works.

Comments are open until 10 Nov 2026

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Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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 2. 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

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Important details

Council: Colchester
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Postcode: CO5 8UJ
Received: 14 Oct 2026
Validated: 14 Oct 2026
Ward: Mersea & Pyefleet
Parish: East Mersea
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 56-day target. Colchester usually decides agricultural works by day 56.

prediction

Day 2333 days to the 56-day target

68%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

37decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Colchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Colchester decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 10 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

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Oak framed mansard single storey extension. (Revised Description).

210161 15 Mar 2021

2016 Approved

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Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed singlestorey side extensi…

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2016 Approved

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Two storey rear extension

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Colchester

Planning Authority Score

6.2/10

Average

#91 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Colchester is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #43 out of 296. Only 27% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Colchester is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 84% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Colchester decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

82%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #245 of 296

84%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #255 of 296

79%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #43 of 296

27%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #39 of 296

67%

Minor dwellings approved

69 decided (1-9 homes)

85%

Major dwellings approved

13 decided (10+ homes)

75%

Change of use approved

89 decided

1,074

Total decisions

188 refused in the year to March 2026