5 Rectory Cottages, Brook Road, Great Tey Essex CO6 1JF

1. 5 Oct 2024

   Received by Colchester

2. 4 Nov 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 17 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

4. 25 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

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

• The Rectory, Brook Road, Great Tey Essex CO6 1JF

  242357 Submitted 18 Nov 2024 0m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~20 Jan

  Ash tree - T1 Remove to ground level, tree is dead and potentially dangerous.

  Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs

• The Red House, Brook Road, Great Tey Colchester CO6 1JG

  260326 Submitted 20 Feb 2026 34m away

  Proposed single storey rear extension and part conversion of existing integral garage.

  Granted Full applications Extension
  Small domestic

• 1 New Cottages, Brook Road, Great Tey Colchester CO6 1JG

  260774 Submitted 29 Apr 2026 34m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~24 Jun

  This is a Walnut tree that needs to be cut back as its grown up to high and could cause damage if branches fall onto cars on driveway, also due to the close proximity of the drains, it will help keep the roots from spreading and causing damage to the dra

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 1 New Cottages, Brook Road, Great Tey Colchester CO6 1JG

  260846 Submitted 8 May 2026 34m away

  Replacement of 4 windows on property

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing

• Tey House, The Street, Great Tey Colchester CO6 1JU

  260583 Submitted 30 Mar 2026 178m away

  Internal secondary glazing windows to be added inside to existing wooden vertical sliding sash single glazed windows.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing

• Land adj, Warrens House, The Street, Great Tey Colchester CO6 1JS

  241832 Submitted 9 Sep 2024 206m away

  Application to discharge condition 6 (Surface Water Drainage) to application 230721.

  Granted Conditions 6 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