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
- 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
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 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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261323 Refused
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261322 Granted
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261647 Awaiting decision
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261630 Awaiting decision
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261263 Granted
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