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 50 yards 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 50 yards 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 50 yards 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 50 yards away

  86% 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 50 yards 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 50 yards away

  86% 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

• 261487 Granted

  Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester CO4 5JL

  Application for removal or variation of a condition 4 following grant of planning permission. (250984) To revise the wording of the condition to extend the time limit for submission for a further 12 months to 5th July 2027.

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261642 Granted

  Eight Ash Farm, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green Colchester CO6 3QH

  Application to discharge condition (CMS) of planning permission 251623

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 261490 Granted

  Hythe Quay, Colchester CO2 8JB

  Application to discharge condition 3 and 8 (remediation) of planning permission 242001

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 261367 Granted

  land rear of, 75-77 Canterbury Road, Colchester CO2 7RX

  Application to discharge condition 3 (materials), 5 (CMS), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (soil testing), 20 (landscaping plan) of planning permission 260324

  Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 261783 Awaiting decision

  The Jumbo Water Tower, Balkerne Passage, Colchester CO1 1PA

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 7, 8 and 9 of approved application 242061

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Conditions