158 Mill Road, Colchester CO4 5LP

1. 5 Jun 2023

   Received by Colchester

2. 12 Jun 2023

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 22 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 7 August 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 lawful development applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 152 Mill Road, Colchester CO4 5LP

  242443 Submitted 26 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  Notification for prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension extending 4.00 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, with a maximum height of 3.60 metres, and eaves height of 2.65 metres.

  Granted Householder Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 7 Rudkin Road, Colchester CO4 5LT

  261044 Submitted 8 Jun 2026 150 yards away

  Notification for prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension extending 4.00 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, with a maximum height of 3.00 metres, and eaves height of 3.00 metres.

  Granted Householder Extension
  Small domestic

• 2 Posford Court, Colchester Essex CO4 5LY

  242399 Submitted 25 Nov 2024 150 yards away

  Proposed Two Storey Side Extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 13 docs

• Severalls Bowls Club, Kirby Drive, Colchester CO4 6BA

  223162 Submitted 28 Dec 2022 200 yards away

  New Clubhouse incorporating indoor bowls carpet

  Granted Full applications 22 docs

• 2 Bedford Road, Colchester CO4 5LS

  230459 Submitted 24 Feb 2023 200 yards away

  Side first floor extension over existing ground floor structure.

  Granted Full applications Extension 8 docs

• 190 Mill Road, Colchester CO4 5JE

  260363 Submitted 2 Mar 2026 250 yards away

  two-storey rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension

• 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