7 Alma Street, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DL

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 261043 Granted

  7 Alma Street, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DL

  Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing use of No 7 Alma Street and No 7a Alma Street are two separate and independent units of accommodation

  Decided 3 Aug 2026 Lawful development

1. 17 Aug 2026

   Received by Colchester

2. 21 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 12 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.

This application is with Colchester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Colchester decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 3 Alma Street, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9DL

  230540 Submitted 4 Mar 2023 0m away

  Installation of Rooflight into existing slate roof over kitchen area.

  Granted Full applications Loft or dormer Roofing 3 docs

• 7 Alma Street, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DL

  261043 Submitted 8 Jun 2026 0m away

  Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing use of No 7 Alma Street and No 7a Alma Street are two separate and independent units of accommodation

  Granted Lawful development

• April Cottage, 1 Brook Street, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9DS

  230281 Submitted 8 Feb 2023 60m away

  Bi-Fold doors added to dwelling facing the rear garden.

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 9 docs
  Domestic

• Sun Yard, Brook Street, Wivenhoe CO7 9DS

  212515 Submitted 9 Sep 2021 60m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~10 Nov

  1 Holm Oak (H1) to be re-pollarded back to previous points

  Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs

• 1 Brewery House, Brook Street, Wivenhoe Essex CO7 9DS

  241043 Submitted 17 May 2024 60m away

  Change of use of accountants office to original residential use following cessation of use as office.

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• Wivenhoe Business Centre, 4 Brook Street, Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9DS

  260361 Submitted 5 Mar 2026 60m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~30 Apr

  The felling of a row of self seeded ash trees, they are damaging the boundary fence

  Awaiting decision Trees
  Small domestic

• 261603 Awaiting decision

  Hill House, 183 Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3TE

  Application to discharge conditions 4 (Protection Measures), 5 (Internal Surface Materials), 6 (Internal Joinery) and 7 (Partition Wall Details) to application 230871.

  3 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 261599 Awaiting decision

  Brook Street Business Centre, 96 Brook Street, Colchester CO1 2UZ

  Application for variation of condition 3 following grant of planning permission 213216

  28 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261585 Awaiting decision

  Bells Hill House, Bells Hill, Mount Bures CO8 5BA

  Application discharge condition 3 (external facing and roof materials)to application 260610.

  28 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261573 Awaiting decision

  Layer Mill, Mill Lane, Layer De La Haye Colchester CO2 0JZ

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 and 7 of application 250952

  26 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261106 Granted

  Springfield Farm, Nightingale Hill, Langham Colchester CO4 5PN

  Application to discharge condition 13 (CMS), 15 (RMS) and BNG of planning permission 251799

  16 Jun 2026 Conditions