6 Sheerwater Mews, Colchester Essex CO4 3FL

1. 8 Mar 2023

   Received by Colchester

2. 22 Mar 2023

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 9 May 2023

   Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

4. 13 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Colchester granted permission on 9 May 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 48 Goldcrest Close, Colchester CO4 3FN

  260873 Submitted 12 May 2026 100 yards away

  Garage conversion.

  Granted Full applications

• Land to The South of Bromley Road Ardleigh Essex CO7 7SE

  25/01440/NMA Submitted 26 Sep 2025 200 yards away

  Non Material Amendment to (19/01392/DETAIL) - Change to the approved play equipment. Proposed that the approved 'rockingham timber toddler single swing' is changed to the 'hags lillie with kiddy seat swing'

  Granted Amendments 9 docs

• 33 Bullfinch Close, Colchester Essex CO4 3FQ

  241559 Submitted 29 Jul 2024 250 yards away

  Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed partial garage conversion.

  Granted Lawful development 9 docs

• the former, The Beehive, 113 Bromley Road, Colchester CO4 3JG

  231098 Submitted 5 May 2023 300 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~30 Jun

  Application to discharge condition 13 (construction management plan) and 18 (hard & soft landscaping) of planning permission 221403

  Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs

• 17 Greenfinch End, Colchester Essex CO4 3FG

  242065 Submitted 10 Oct 2024 300 yards away

  Double garage conversion with small rear extension 2.1m deep to increase the footprint for granny annexe space to accommodate elderly family member.

  Granted Full applications Extension 21 docs

• Crockleford Grange Bromley Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7SE

  25/01400/DOVU5 Submitted 18 Sep 2025 300 yards away

  Deed of variation, under Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Section 106A, of the terms of the legal agreement dated 17 November 2022, linked to 21/02164/FUL planning permission, to include a clause in the agreement that binds the signed original S106 agreement to submitted S73 application ref 25/01057/VOC and any subsequent S73 applications or variations of the planning permission.

  Granted Conditions 25 docs

• 261454 Granted

  6 Pond Chase, Colchester CO3 4RD

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed garage conversion and loft conversion

  Received 6 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 261763 Awaiting decision

  Community Centre, 1a Caxton Close, Tiptree Colchester CO5 0HA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed improvement and accessibility with safe access for wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility to the existing buidling,

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 6 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 261294 Granted

  Flats 1 - 17, 1 Bank Passage, Colchester CO1 1HZ

  Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the building as 17 self-contained flats.

  Received 13 Jul, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 261741 Awaiting decision

  16 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed installation of two electrically operated perforated steel internal security roller shutters (SH01 and SH02) within the existing Class E commercial premises.

  Received 24 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 261408 Refused

  6 Crouch Street East, Colchester CO3 3ES

  Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed Changeof use to the upper floors above the shop premises. Ground floor use to be retained as Class E(a) retail. Upper floors to be converted to a single dwelling use Class C3.

  Received 31 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Lawful development