Planning application
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed extension to existing crisp factory.
As published by the council, reference 261179
Application record
- Reference
- 261179
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
- Status
- Decision Issued
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Received
- 25 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Rural North
- Parish
- Wormingford
- Postcode
- CO6 3AQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Colchester register
This site has had 18 applications since 2022: 12 approved, 0 refused.
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260876 Awaiting decision
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
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260766 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - An agricultural machinery store
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260765 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - An agricultural grain store
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260740 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Two non-illuminated freestanding signs, one positioned either side of the principal farm entrance off Fordham Road.
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260743 Awaiting decision
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
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260741 Awaiting decision
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
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260652 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application to discharge conditions 8 (habitat management and monitoring), 10 (landscape plan) and 11 (long term landscape management plan) to application 252387.
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260651 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application to discharge conditions 9 (habitat management and monitoring), 11 (landscape plan) and 12 (long term landscape plan) to application 252521.
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260650 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application to discharge conditions 8 (landscape plan), 9 (landscape management) and 12 (habitat management and monitoring) to application 252250.
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260627 Granted
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Change of use of existing agricultural buildings to storage or distribution (B8) - retrospective.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Jun 2026
Received by Colchester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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20 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 20 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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
97% historically approved · decision due ~3 Feb
Application to discharge conditions 5 (Habitat Management and Monitoring) and 7 (Noise Survey) to application 250291.
Awaiting decision Conditions -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
97% historically approved · decision due ~29 Jan
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 and 7 of application 242603
Awaiting decision Conditions -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Two non-illuminated freestanding signs, one positioned either side of the principal farm entrance off Fordham Road.
Granted Advertising -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
83% historically approved · decision due ~6 Jul
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
Awaiting decision Full applications -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
83% historically approved · decision due ~6 Jul
New warehouse (B8) with associated access and other infrastructure.
Awaiting decision Full applications -
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford Colchester CO6 3AQ
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3,4,5 & 7 of approved application 221516
Granted Conditions 13 docs
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261454 Granted
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261294 Granted
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261741 Awaiting decision
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261408 Refused
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