Keepers Cottage, School Road, Langham Colchester CO4 5PB

1. 28 Feb 2023

   Received by Colchester

2. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 25 April 2023, 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.

This application is with Colchester for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

More on conditions applications in our guide

• Hunters End, School Road, Langham Colchester CO4 5PB

  261377 Submitted 27 Jul 2026 0m away

  82% historically approved · decision due ~21 Sep

  Proposed rear extension to existing garage

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension

• Keepers Cottage, School Road, Langham Essex CO4 5PB

  230720 Submitted 23 Mar 2023 0m away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~18 May

  Application for approval of details reserved by conditionS 3, 4, 6, 7,10 (213145)

  Awaiting decision Conditions 7 docs

• Squirrels, Wick Road, Langham Essex CO4 5PE

  230481 Submitted 27 Feb 2023 276m away

  LOFT CONVERSION INCLUDING REAR FLAT ROOF DORMER WITH JULIET BALCONY AND FRONT PITCHED ROOF DORMERS (FOLLOWING DEMOLITION OF CHIMNEY STACKS), SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH GLAZED ROOF LANTERN AND OAKFRAMED PORCH

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +2 5 docs
  Small domestic

• Cherry Garden, Wick Road, Langham Essex CO4 5PE

  230368 Submitted 16 Feb 2023 276m away

  PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

  Granted Full applications Extension 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 8 Orchard Cottages, Wick Road, Langham Colchester CO4 5PQ

  260431 Submitted 11 Mar 2026 358m away

  Garden building to incorporate a small beauty business auxiliary to the dwelling.

  Granted Full applications
  Domestic

• 2a & b Wick Terrace, Wick Road, Langham Colchester CO4 5PF

  260169 Submitted 27 Jan 2026 390m away

  82% historically approved · decision due ~24 Mar

  Proposed new parking spaces, landscaping and fencing along with the new access path and ramp.

  Awaiting decision Full applications

• 261603 Awaiting decision

  Hill House, 183 Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3TE

  Application to discharge conditions 4 (Protection Measures), 5 (Internal Surface Materials), 6 (Internal Joinery) and 7 (Partition Wall Details) to application 230871.

  3 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 261599 Awaiting decision

  Brook Street Business Centre, 96 Brook Street, Colchester CO1 2UZ

  Application for variation of condition 3 following grant of planning permission 213216

  28 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261585 Awaiting decision

  Bells Hill House, Bells Hill, Mount Bures CO8 5BA

  Application discharge condition 3 (external facing and roof materials)to application 260610.

  28 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261573 Awaiting decision

  Layer Mill, Mill Lane, Layer De La Haye Colchester CO2 0JZ

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 and 7 of application 250952

  26 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261106 Granted

  Springfield Farm, Nightingale Hill, Langham Colchester CO4 5PN

  Application to discharge condition 13 (CMS), 15 (RMS) and BNG of planning permission 251799

  16 Jun 2026 Conditions