Planning application
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application to discharge conditions 4 (Noise Survey) and 8 (Biodiversity Management Plan) to 231965.
As published by the council, reference 251285
Application record
- Reference
- 251285
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Application Valid
- Received
- 18 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 18 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Rural North
- Parish
- Wormingford
- Postcode
- CO6 3AQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Colchester register
This site has had 16 applications since 2022: 9 approved, 0 refused.
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261179 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed extension to existing crisp factory.
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260876 Awaiting decision
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
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260766 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - An agricultural machinery store
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260765 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - An agricultural grain store
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260740 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Two non-illuminated freestanding signs, one positioned either side of the principal farm entrance off Fordham Road.
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260743 Awaiting decision
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
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260741 Awaiting decision
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
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260652 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application to discharge conditions 8 (habitat management and monitoring), 10 (landscape plan) and 11 (long term landscape management plan) to application 252387.
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260651 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application to discharge conditions 9 (habitat management and monitoring), 11 (landscape plan) and 12 (long term landscape plan) to application 252521.
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260650 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application to discharge conditions 8 (landscape plan), 9 (landscape management) and 12 (habitat management and monitoring) to application 252250.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Jun 2025
Received by Colchester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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
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Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
98% historically approved · decision due ~3 Feb
Application to discharge conditions 5 (Habitat Management and Monitoring) and 7 (Noise Survey) to application 250291.
Awaiting decision Conditions -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
98% historically approved · decision due ~29 Jan
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 and 7 of application 242603
Awaiting decision Conditions -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Two non-illuminated freestanding signs, one positioned either side of the principal farm entrance off Fordham Road.
Granted Advertising -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
82% historically approved · decision due ~6 Jul
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
Awaiting decision Full applications -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
82% historically approved · decision due ~6 Jul
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
Awaiting decision Full applications -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3,4,5 & 7 of approved application 221516
Granted Conditions 13 docs
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In Colchester
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261603 Awaiting decision
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Application to discharge conditions 4 (Protection Measures), 5 (Internal Surface Materials), 6 (Internal Joinery) and 7 (Partition Wall Details) to application 230871.
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261599 Awaiting decision
Brook Street Business Centre, 96 Brook Street, Colchester CO1 2UZ
Application for variation of condition 3 following grant of planning permission 213216
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261585 Awaiting decision
Bells Hill House, Bells Hill, Mount Bures CO8 5BA
Application discharge condition 3 (external facing and roof materials)to application 260610.
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261573 Awaiting decision
Layer Mill, Mill Lane, Layer De La Haye Colchester CO2 0JZ
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 and 7 of application 250952
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261106 Granted
Springfield Farm, Nightingale Hill, Langham Colchester CO4 5PN
Application to discharge condition 13 (CMS), 15 (RMS) and BNG of planning permission 251799