5 Osborne Street, Colchester Essex CO2 7DP

1. 4 Nov 2025

   Received by Colchester

2. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 30 December 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.

• 5A Osborne Street, Colchester Essex CO2 7DP

  230214 Submitted 1 Feb 2023 0m away

  Replace sash windows with PVC and change the PVC door.

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 11 docs

• Strands, 5 Osborne Street, Colchester Essex CO2 7DP

  242039 Submitted 8 Oct 2024 0m away

  Change of use from shop to C3 one bedroom 1 person flat and erection of ground floor rear extension. Minor alteration to the rear external staircase and to the front elevation

  Granted Full applications Extension 11 docs

• Eustace King, 14-15 Osborne Street, Colchester CO2 7DP

  222817 Submitted 10 Nov 2022 0m away

  Change of use of the upper parts of 14-15 Osborne Street only from C3 to storage / office space which is to be ancillary to ground floor retail use currently also now let to a Funeral Directors.

  Granted Full applications 9 docs

• 2a Arthur Street, Colchester CO2 7DT

  241492 Submitted 15 Jul 2024 24m away

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended)- Sc

  Refused Full applications 5 docs

• 34 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7EA

  242127 Submitted 18 Oct 2024 91m away

  82% historically approved · decision due ~13 Dec

  Proposed conversion of upper floors to 5 No. self-contained flats and part conversion of Ground Floor from retail to 1 No. self-contained flat with associated alterations and First Floor extension.

  Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling Extension 27 docs

• The Silk Road, 4 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7DX

  231070 Submitted 21 Apr 2023 105m away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~16 Jun

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 of application 171871

  Awaiting decision Conditions 2 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