Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0SL

This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 261100 Granted

  Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0SL

  Application to discharge condition 8 (Archaeology Report) to application 242219.

  Decided 15 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 260596 Awaiting decision

  Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0SL

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20, 21 and 22 of application 242219

  Submitted 31 Mar 2026 Conditions

1. 31 Mar 2026

   Received by Colchester

2. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 30 Jul 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 24 September 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.

• Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0SL

  261100 Submitted 15 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  Application to discharge condition 8 (Archaeology Report) to application 242219.

  Granted Conditions

• Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0SL

  260596 Submitted 31 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~26 May

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20, 21 and 22 of application 242219

  Awaiting decision Conditions

• The Firs, Maldon Road, Stanway Essex CO3 0SL

  221953 Submitted 3 Aug 2022 50 yards away

  Replacement dwelling following demolition of existing structures on site. *** REVISED PLANS RECEIVED ***

  Granted Full applications Demolition 25 docs
  Domestic

• Land at Stanway Quarry and east of, Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0SL

  231485 Submitted 16 Jun 2023 50 yards away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~11 Aug

  ESS/34/23/COL Proposed prior extraction of sand as enabling works associated with a future expansion of Colchester Zoo including the extraction of some 500,000 tonnes of sand; the construction of temporary soil screen mounds; the use of the adjoining St

  Awaiting decision Other 6 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