Planning application
27 Copper Beeches, Stanway Colchester CO3 0YB
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed Garage Conversion & Two Storey Rear Extension
As published by the council, reference 260959
Application record
- Reference
- 260959
- Type
- Full (8 Week Determination)
- Status
- Application Valid
- Received
- 22 May 2026
- Validated
- 22 May 2026
- Ward
- Stanway
- Parish
- Stanway
- Postcode
- CO3 0YB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
22 May 2026
Received by Colchester
-
23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 July 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
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
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 full applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
7 Brougham Glades, Stanway Colchester CO3 0YF
Rear single storey extension
Granted Full applications Extension 11 docsSmall domestic -
30 Wheatfield Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0YJ
Proposed rear conservatory (existing conservatory to be removed).
Granted Full applications Extension 6 docs -
33 Oatfield Close, Stanway Essex CO3 0YY
Rear dormer to form loft conversion
Granted Full applications Loft or dormer 5 docs -
The Stanway School, Winstree Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QA
87% historically approved · decision due ~25 Sep
Signage on the recently remodelled and refurbished HMO / domestic dwelling following conversion to a Head Office for the Sigma Trust. Signage will enable visitors to differentiate the central Head Office from the main School site and highlight main entra
Awaiting decision AdvertisingDomestic -
The Stanway School, Winstree Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QA
50 seated small sheltered stadium area.
Granted Full applications 19 docs -
Stanway Fiveways Primary School, Winstree Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QG
85% historically approved · decision due ~12 Aug
ECC consultation CC/COL/39/26 The provision of a two-storey classbase on the school site for a temporary period to allow remediation works to be undertaken to the main school building (affected by RAAC). The provision of a temporary site access for the du
Awaiting decision Other
Other full applications
In Colchester
-
261315 Granted
27 Lincoln Way, Colchester CO1 2RJ
Erection of single storey rear extension
-
261223 Granted
369 Chinook, Colchester CO4 9XT
Garage conversion.
-
261083 Granted
23 Templewood Road, Colchester CO4 3EZ
Conversion of existing attached garage to ancillary annexe and erection of single-storey rear extension to existing garage to providestorage and shower room to main house.
-
261319 Granted
7 Elmstead Road, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9HX
Erection of a garden room extension following the removal of an existing conservatory.
-
261272 Refused
148 Rowhedge Road, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7JP
Proposal for a replacement dwelling and new garage