8 Musk Close, Stanway Essex CO3 0HS

1. 1 Aug 2024

   Received by Colchester

2. 4 Sep 2024

   Decision issued: Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

3. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 8 Musk Close, Stanway Colchester CO3 0HS

  241845 Submitted 6 Sep 2024 0m away

  Single storey wrap around extension to side and rear to replace existing.

  Granted Full applications Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• 37 Sweet Briar Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0HJ

  260517 Submitted 20 Mar 2026 127m away

  Single storey side and rear extension following demolition of the existing garage.

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition
  Small domestic

• 50 London Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0HB

  242330 Submitted 14 Nov 2024 216m away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~9 Jan

  Application for variation of condition 3 following grant of planning permission 232295

  Awaiting decision Conditions 20 docs

• 50 London Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0HB

  241541 Submitted 26 Jul 2024 216m away

  Signage to front elevation - Retrospective

  Granted Advertising 13 docs

• 50 London Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0HB

  251134 Submitted 30 May 2025 216m away

  Application to discharge condition 6 (competant person), 7 (control of fumes, smells & odours), 10 (refuse & recycling), 12 (cycle parking), 16 (amenity space), 18 (visual impact of flue), 19 (parking signage), 20 (rear customer door) of planning permis

  Refused Conditions 10 docs

• 50 London Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0HB

  242242 Submitted 4 Nov 2024 216m away

  Proposed change of use of former out building to barber use only within Class E

  Granted Full applications 16 docs

• 261263 Granted

  The Firs, Straight Road, Boxted Colchester CO4 5QX

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing single storey extension to existing games room previously converted from a garage. The extension accommodates a bedroom and bathroom. The use is ancillary to the residential use of 'The Firs'

  8 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 261247 Granted

  11 - 21 Travers Road, Colchester CO2 9FH

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed temporary removal and reinstatement of limited areas of existing external cladding, where required, to allow the installation of cavitybarriers, with no material alteration to the externa

  6 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 261142 Granted

  Milneburg, Warren Lane, Stanway Colchester CO3 0LJ

  Extension to the rear (4m) and side extension within Permitted Development Rights

  22 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 261581 Awaiting decision

  2 Redmill, Colchester CO3 4RT

  Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed singlestorey rear extension and single storey side extension

  27 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 261246 Granted

  6-16 Fowler Road, Colchester CO2 9FF

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed temporary removal and reinstatement of limited areas of existing external cladding, where required, to allow the installation of cavitybarriers, with no material alteration to the externa

  6 Jul 2026 Lawful development