The Silk Road, 4 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7DX

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 230533 Granted

  The Silk Road, 4 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7DX

  Conversion of part of Nightclub to provide 5 No. flats. Planning was granted for conversion of part of Silk Road into 3 No Flats on 11th July 2017 application reference number 171871. AMENDED PROPOSAL

  Decided 19 May 2023 Full applications

1. 21 Apr 2023

   Received by Colchester

2. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 16 June 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, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Colchester decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Silk Road, 4 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7DX

  242591 Submitted 20 Dec 2024 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~14 Feb

  Application to discharge condition 6, 7 and 8 to application 230533.

  Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs

• The Silk Road, 4 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7DX

  230533 Submitted 2 Mar 2023 50 yards away

  Conversion of part of Nightclub to provide 5 No. flats. Planning was granted for conversion of part of Silk Road into 3 No Flats on 11th July 2017 application reference number 171871. AMENDED PROPOSAL

  Granted Full applications New dwelling 21 docs
  Several homes

• East Anglia's Children Hospices, 13 Short Wyre Street, Colchester CO1 1LN

  241672 Submitted 7 Aug 2024 50 yards away

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Class E to C3. 3no one bed studio apartments.

  Refused Full applications New dwelling 7 docs

• 13 Short Wyre Street, Colchester CO1 1LN

  242140 Submitted 16 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from Class E to C3. Conversion from office space to 3 noone bed studio apartments - accessed from rear.

  Refused Full applications New dwelling 8 docs

• Telecommunications Site 62370/COC081, 6-8 St Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7DU

  230683 Submitted 20 Mar 2023 50 yards away

  Removal and replacement of 3no antennas and associated ancillary works thereto.

  Refused Full applications 10 docs

• 34 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7EA

  242127 Submitted 18 Oct 2024 100 yards away

  83% historically approved · decision due ~13 Dec

  Proposed conversion of upper floors to 5 No. self-contained flats and part conversion of Ground Floor from retail to 1 No. self-contained flat with associated alterations and First Floor extension.

  Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling Extension 27 docs

• 261487 Granted

  Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester CO4 5JL

  Application for removal or variation of a condition 4 following grant of planning permission. (250984) To revise the wording of the condition to extend the time limit for submission for a further 12 months to 5th July 2027.

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261642 Granted

  Eight Ash Farm, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green Colchester CO6 3QH

  Application to discharge condition (CMS) of planning permission 251623

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 261490 Granted

  Hythe Quay, Colchester CO2 8JB

  Application to discharge condition 3 and 8 (remediation) of planning permission 242001

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261367 Granted

  land rear of, 75-77 Canterbury Road, Colchester CO2 7RX

  Application to discharge condition 3 (materials), 5 (CMS), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (soil testing), 20 (landscaping plan) of planning permission 260324

  Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 261783 Awaiting decision

  The Jumbo Water Tower, Balkerne Passage, Colchester CO1 1PA

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 7, 8 and 9 of approved application 242061

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Conditions