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 for approval of details reserved by condition 5 and 7 of application 242603
As published by the council, reference 252615
Application record
- Reference
- 252615
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Application Valid
- Received
- 4 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 4 Dec 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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4 Dec 2025
Received by Colchester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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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
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 -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
82% historically approved · decision due ~10 Jul
Change of use of existing agricultural buildings to storage or distribution (B8) - retrospective.
Awaiting decision Full applications
Other condition discharge and variation applications
In Colchester
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261093 Granted
38 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DH
Application for variation of condition 2, 3 & 5 following grant of planning permission 242470
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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
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261320 Granted
72-78 Military Road, Colchester CO1 2AN
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7,12, 13 and18 of application 260193
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261244 Granted
Rookery Farm, Nayland Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3DE
Application to discharge condition 6 (Boundary Treatments) to application 252052.
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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