The Firs, Straight Road, Boxted Colchester CO4 5QX

1. 8 Jul 2026

   Received by Colchester

2. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 2 Sep 2026

   Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Colchester granted permission on 2 September 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.

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.

• Wig Bungalow, Straight Road, Boxted Colchester CO4 5QX

  223006 Submitted 1 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  Proposed single storey rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 13 Windmill Close, Boxted Colchester CO4 5SA

  241471 Submitted 17 Jul 2024 150 yards away

  Application to discharge condition 3 (site boundary noise levels) of planning permission 240729

  Granted Conditions 3 docs

• Boxted Lodge, Straight Road, Boxted Colchester CO4 5QR

  261067 Submitted 11 Jun 2026 400 yards away

  Application for variation of a condition 2 following grant of planning permission 251145: Timber orangery

  Granted Conditions Extension

• Boxted Lodge, Straight Road, Boxted Colchester CO4 5QR

  261066 Submitted 11 Jun 2026 400 yards away

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 of planning application 251146

  Granted Conditions

• Boxted Methodist Church, Boxted Methodist Church, Chapel Road, Boxted Essex CO4 5RS

  231005 Submitted 25 Apr 2023 400 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~20 Jun

  Application to discharge condition 15 (building recording & analysis),16 (tree/shrub planting), and 19 (details of windows, doors, eves, verges, cills and arches) of planning permission 221753

  Awaiting decision Conditions Windows or glazing Trees 8 docs

• Boxted Methodist Church, Chapel Road, Boxted Essex CO4 5RS

  230279 Submitted 8 Feb 2023 400 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~5 Apr

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 and 4 (contamination) of planning application 221753

  Awaiting decision Conditions 2 docs

• 261454 Granted

  6 Pond Chase, Colchester CO3 4RD

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed garage conversion and loft conversion

  Received 6 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 261763 Awaiting decision

  Community Centre, 1a Caxton Close, Tiptree Colchester CO5 0HA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed improvement and accessibility with safe access for wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility to the existing buidling,

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 6 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 261294 Granted

  Flats 1 - 17, 1 Bank Passage, Colchester CO1 1HZ

  Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the building as 17 self-contained flats.

  Received 13 Jul, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 261741 Awaiting decision

  16 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed installation of two electrically operated perforated steel internal security roller shutters (SH01 and SH02) within the existing Class E commercial premises.

  Received 24 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 261408 Refused

  6 Crouch Street East, Colchester CO3 3ES

  Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed Changeof use to the upper floors above the shop premises. Ground floor use to be retained as Class E(a) retail. Upper floors to be converted to a single dwelling use Class C3.

  Received 31 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Lawful development