Songers, Cage Lane, Boxted Colchester CO4 5RE

1. 3 Nov 2025

   Received by Colchester

2. 13 Nov 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 8 January 2026, 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.

• The Ponderosa, Cage Lane, Boxted Colchester CO4 5RE

  242067 Submitted 11 Oct 2024 0m away

  Single storey side extension to create a garage and utility. (Amended description)

  Granted Full applications Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 27 Hobbs Drive, Boxted Essex CO4 5RZ

  230162 Submitted 26 Jan 2023 117m away

  REAR EXTENSION TO GARAGE TO CREATE UTILITY ROOM, LINK EXISTING BUNGALOW AND GARAGE WITH FLAT ROOF.

  Granted Full applications Extension 11 docs

• 8 Hill Farm Way, Boxted Colchester Essex CO4 5RD

  261047 Submitted 8 Jun 2026 243m away

  Rear extension and loft conversion

  Refused Full applications Extension Loft or dormer

• Land near, Boxted Cross, Boxted Colchester CO4 5RD

  260894 Submitted 14 May 2026 243m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~9 Jul

  Electricity Act 1989: Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - Proposed upgrade to the existing the High voltage (HV) overhead line near Boxted Cross, Colchester.

  Awaiting decision Other

• 2 Cross Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted Essex CO4 5SH

  230575 Submitted 8 Mar 2023 288m away

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4, 6, 7 and 11 of application 220148

  Split decision Conditions 13 docs

• 26 Cross Cottages, Cooks Hill, Boxted Essex CO4 5SR

  241670 Submitted 12 Aug 2024 354m away

  Single storey rear extension and internal alterations following the demolition of current flat roof addition

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 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