55 West Stockwell Street, Colchester Essex CO1 1HE

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

• 250421 Awaiting decision

  55 West Stockwell Street, Colchester Essex CO1 1HE

  Application to discharge conditions 6 and 7 to application 170006.

  Submitted 3 Mar 2025 Conditions

1. 20 May 2025

   Received by Colchester

2. 9 Jun 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 4 August 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.

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.

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.

• St Martins House, 63 West Stockwell Street, Colchester CO1 1HE

  260027 Submitted 5 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  82% historically approved · decision due ~2 Mar

  Change of use of the existing building and its curtilage from Class E to Class C3, internal alterations to create 5 plots, erection of a binstore, provision of vehicle and cycle parking, and associated landscaping.

  Awaiting decision Full applications

• St Martins House, 63 West Stockwell Street, Colchester CO1 1HE

  260029 Submitted 5 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~2 Mar

  Application for listed building consent for Change of use of the existing building and its curtilage from Class E to Class C3 , internal alterations to create 5 plots, erection of a bin store, provision of vehicle and cycle parking, and associated lan

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings

• The Old Exchange, 64 West Stockwell Street, Colchester CO1 1HE

  260355 Submitted 26 Feb 2026 50 yards away

  Prior Notification requirement under Part MA of the GPDO for the change of use of Class E upper floor space to form 6 (1bed flats) apartments **Amended Description)

  Granted Full applications New dwelling

• 55 West Stockwell Street, Colchester Essex CO1 1HE

  250421 Submitted 3 Mar 2025 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~28 Apr

  Application to discharge conditions 6 and 7 to application 170006.

  Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs

• The Old Exchange, 64 West Stockwell Street, Colchester CO1 1HE

  260890 Submitted 13 May 2026 50 yards away

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for the change of use of the ground floor from Class E space to form 6 apartments.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling
  Several homes

• Baye House, 62 West Stockwell Street, Colchester CO1 1HE

  212642 Submitted 11 Oct 2021 50 yards away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~6 Dec

  T1 Beech fell to ground level

  Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs

• 261487 Granted

  Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester CO4 5JL

  Application for removal or variation of a condition 4 following grant of planning permission. (250984) To revise the wording of the condition to extend the time limit for submission for a further 12 months to 5th July 2027.

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261642 Granted

  Eight Ash Farm, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green Colchester CO6 3QH

  Application to discharge condition (CMS) of planning permission 251623

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 261490 Granted

  Hythe Quay, Colchester CO2 8JB

  Application to discharge condition 3 and 8 (remediation) of planning permission 242001

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261367 Granted

  land rear of, 75-77 Canterbury Road, Colchester CO2 7RX

  Application to discharge condition 3 (materials), 5 (CMS), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (soil testing), 20 (landscaping plan) of planning permission 260324

  Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 261783 Awaiting decision

  The Jumbo Water Tower, Balkerne Passage, Colchester CO1 1PA

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 7, 8 and 9 of approved application 242061

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Conditions