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Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

Awaiting decision Colchester 242602 Discharge of Condition

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 of approved approved 230558

As published by the council, reference 242602

Application record

Reference
242602
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Application Valid
Received
19 Dec 2024
Validated
19 Dec 2024
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
Parish
Colchester
Postcode
CO3 3NB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Colchester register

This site has had 8 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 261512 Awaiting decision

    Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    T14 - Sycamore - Fell, G5 - Mixed (3x Sycamore, 1x Silver Birch) - fell

    Submitted 17 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 261431 Awaiting decision

    Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    Application to discharge condition 7 (detailed maintenance plan), 9 (maintenance schedule), 10 (landscaping details) and 12 (external lighting) of planning permission 230558

    Submitted 3 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 261243 Awaiting decision

    Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 of approved application 230645 (192829)

    Submitted 3 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 260689 Granted

    Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    2x Hoardings on Lexden Road and 2x Post Mounted signs to be located above hoarding line (1x Post Mounted Sign facing west bound traffic onLexden Road and 1x Post Mounted Sign facing east bound traffic on Lexden Road)

    Decided 11 Jun 2026 Advertising
  • 260558 Awaiting decision

    Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 of 230645

    Submitted 27 Mar 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 260559 Awaiting decision

    Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4, 5, 19, 20 & 25 of 230558

    Submitted 27 Mar 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 252759 Awaiting decision

    Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    Application to vary condition 1 of planning permission 230558 - Alterations to Blocks 2-4B and 22 to 27, extent of demolition works, details of fenestrations, doors, juliet balconies, air source heat pumps and ramp alterations.

    Submitted 30 Dec 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Received by Colchester

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 February 2025, 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.

Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What happens while it is decided

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.

About condition discharge and variation applications

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.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    261431 Submitted 3 Aug 2026 0m away

    98% historically approved · decision due ~28 Sep

    Application to discharge condition 7 (detailed maintenance plan), 9 (maintenance schedule), 10 (landscaping details) and 12 (external lighting) of planning permission 230558

    Awaiting decision Conditions
  • Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    252759 Submitted 30 Dec 2025 0m away

    98% historically approved · decision due ~15 Apr

    Application to vary condition 1 of planning permission 230558 - Alterations to Blocks 2-4B and 22 to 27, extent of demolition works, details of fenestrations, doors, juliet balconies, air source heat pumps and ramp alterations.

    Awaiting decision Conditions Demolition
  • Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    261512 Submitted 17 Aug 2026 0m away

    85% historically approved · decision due ~12 Oct

    T14 - Sycamore - Fell, G5 - Mixed (3x Sycamore, 1x Silver Birch) - fell

    Awaiting decision Trees
  • Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    261020 Submitted 1 Jun 2026 0m away

    85% historically approved · decision due ~5 Aug

    Application To Modify a Section 106 Planning Obligation. Town and Country Planning Act 1990: Section 106A Town and Country Planning (Modification and Discharge of Planning Obligations) Regulations 1992 (as amended): 192828 ¹ To amend the affordable hous

    Awaiting decision Amendments
  • Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    260558 Submitted 27 Mar 2026 0m away

    87% historically approved · decision due ~22 May

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 of 230645

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings
  • Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

    260559 Submitted 27 Mar 2026 0m away

    87% historically approved · decision due ~22 May

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4, 5, 19, 20 & 25 of 230558

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings

In Colchester

  • 261093 Granted

    38 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DH

    Application for variation of condition 2, 3 & 5 following grant of planning permission 242470

    15 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 260973 Granted

    Land to the East of, Port Lane, Colchester CO1 2FT

    Application to discharge condition 4(materials), 7(cross sections & levels), 8(arboricultual method statement and tree protection plan), 9(appointment of qualified aboriculturist), 12(surface water drainage)and 17(contamination) of planning permission 24

    26 May 2026 Conditions
  • 261320 Granted

    72-78 Military Road, Colchester CO1 2AN

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7,12, 13 and18 of application 260193

    16 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 261244 Granted

    Rookery Farm, Nayland Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3DE

    Application to discharge condition 6 (Boundary Treatments) to application 252052.

    6 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 261457 Granted

    147 Shrub End Road, Colchester CO3 4RE

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan)of approved application 260788

    7 Aug 2026 Conditions