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Second floor, 1 St. Runwalds Street, Colchester CO1 1HF

Awaiting decision Colchester 261472 Class M retail or betting office or pay day loan shop to dwellinghouse

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

  1. 10 Aug 2026

    Received by Colchester

  2. 14 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Colchester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Colchester's median decision took 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Colchester's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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