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 0m 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 0m away

  87% 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 0m 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 0m away

  98% 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 0m 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

• St Martin's Church, St Martins Centre, West Stockwell Street, Colchester CO1 1HN

  222711 Submitted 27 Oct 2022 21m away

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3(200524)

  Granted Conditions 5 docs

• 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