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 50 yards 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 50 yards 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 50 yards 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 50 yards 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

• Telecommunications Site 62370/COC081, 6-8 St Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7DU

  230683 Submitted 20 Mar 2023 100 yards away

  Removal and replacement of 3no antennas and associated ancillary works thereto.

  Refused Full applications 10 docs

• 34 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester CO2 7EA

  242127 Submitted 18 Oct 2024 100 yards away

  83% 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

• 261487 Granted

  Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester CO4 5JL

  Application for removal or variation of a condition 4 following grant of planning permission. (250984) To revise the wording of the condition to extend the time limit for submission for a further 12 months to 5th July 2027.

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261642 Granted

  Eight Ash Farm, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green Colchester CO6 3QH

  Application to discharge condition (CMS) of planning permission 251623

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 261490 Granted

  Hythe Quay, Colchester CO2 8JB

  Application to discharge condition 3 and 8 (remediation) of planning permission 242001

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261367 Granted

  land rear of, 75-77 Canterbury Road, Colchester CO2 7RX

  Application to discharge condition 3 (materials), 5 (CMS), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (soil testing), 20 (landscaping plan) of planning permission 260324

  Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 261783 Awaiting decision

  The Jumbo Water Tower, Balkerne Passage, Colchester CO1 1PA

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 7, 8 and 9 of approved application 242061

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Conditions