Planning application
Kings Ford Infants School And Nursery, Gloucester Avenue, Colchester CO2 9AZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed hard and soft landscaped areas and replace existing screening
As published by the council, reference 261113
Application record
- Reference
- 261113
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
- Status
- Decision Issued
- Decision
- Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Received
- 16 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Shrub End
- Parish
- Colchester
- Postcode
- CO2 9AZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jun 2026
Received by Colchester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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27 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 27 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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