Planning application
8 Forest Road, Colchester CO4 3RP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application to discharge condition 5 (cycle parking facilities) and 7 (refuse & recycling storage facilities) of planning permission 260257
As published by the council, reference 261155
Application record
- Reference
- 261155
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved Without Conditions
- Received
- 22 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 17 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Greenstead
- Parish
- Colchester
- Postcode
- CO4 3RP
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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261123 Awaiting decision
8 Forest Road, Colchester CO4 3RP
Application to vary condition 6 (number of staff) of planning permission 260257
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jun 2026
Received by Colchester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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17 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved Without Conditions
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 17 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 condition discharge and variation applications
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.
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