Planning application
Second floor, 1 St. Runwalds Street, Colchester CO1 1HF
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior approval notification under Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015,as amended, for the change of use of the second floor roof space from Class E to two self contained residential flats
As published by the council, reference 261472
Application record
- Reference
- 261472
- Type
- Class M retail or betting office or pay day loan shop to dwellinghouse
- Status
- Application Valid
- Received
- 10 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Parish
- Colchester
- Postcode
- CO1 1HF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Aug 2026
Received by Colchester
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Colchester took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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About this record
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