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Greenacres, Packards Lane, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AH

Awaiting decision Colchester 251634 Full (13 Week Determination)

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

Proposal

Change of use of land from part agriculture to employment to provide amix of agriculture buildings, office; storage, manufacturing or industrial uses; and construction of a Business Support Centre providing research and development space for agricultura

As published by the council, reference 251634

Application record

Reference
251634
Type
Full (13 Week Determination)
Status
Application Valid
Received
28 Jul 2025
Validated
28 Jul 2025
Ward
Rural North
Parish
Wormingford
Postcode
CO6 3AH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Colchester register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 260505 Granted

    Greenacres, Packards Lane, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AH

    Retrospective Application for the continued use of the site (B8) for the storage of skips, bins, installation of a pre-cast concrete wall, installation of a gate, and the re-opening of the historic access point (Use Class B8)

    Decided 24 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • 252678 Awaiting decision

    Greenacres, Packards Lane, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AH

    Essex County Council consultation ESS/84/25/COL for provision of onsite recycling storage bays within former skip storage area

    Submitted 11 Dec 2025 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Jul 2025

    Received by Colchester

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 22 September 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

152 documents on file for this application

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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 full applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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