Planning application
7 Alma Street, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing use of No 7 Alma Street and No 7a Alma Street are two separate and independent units of accommodation
As published by the council, reference 261043
Application record
- Reference
- 261043
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
- Status
- Decision Issued
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Received
- 8 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Wivenhoe
- Parish
- Wivenhoe
- Postcode
- CO7 9DL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Colchester register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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261513 Awaiting decision
7 Alma Street, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DL
Application to remove condition 5 of planning application LB/COL/1868/88
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jun 2026
Received by Colchester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Colchester granted permission on 3 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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