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184 Magdalen Street, Colchester Essex CO1 2JX

Granted Colchester 241524 Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development - Change of use from C3 to C4 HMO (up to 6 people)

As published by the council, reference 241524

Application record

Reference
241524
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
Status
Decision Issued
Decision
Granted As published: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Received
24 Jul 2024
Validated
24 Jul 2024
Decided
18 Sep 2024
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
Parish
Colchester
Postcode
CO1 2JX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Colchester register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 241875 Refused

    184 Magdalen Street, Colchester Essex CO1 2JX

    Proposed loft conversion to an existing residential unit.

    Decided 13 Nov 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Jul 2024

    Received by Colchester

  2. 18 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

11 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Colchester granted permission on 18 September 2024, 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.

About lawful development applications

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.

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    241875 Submitted 15 Sep 2024 50 yards away

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In Colchester

  • 261454 Granted

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    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

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    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

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    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
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    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

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    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