Planning application
Culver Square, Colchester
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 & 4 of approved application 261057
As published by the council, reference 261521
Application record
- Reference
- 261521
- Type
- Discharge of Condition
- Status
- Application Valid
- Received
- 17 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 17 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Parish
- Colchester
Site history
Applications at this address on the Colchester register
This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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261051 Awaiting decision
Culver Square, Colchester
London Plane tree to be pollarded back to previous pollard height of around 2.5-3m.
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261057 Granted
Culver Square, Colchester
Proposed changes to the public realm of Culver Square. The proposal will replace the existing fountain with a new suitable and attractive street furniture. This will allow the square to be used for a wider range of public activities.
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230526 Granted
Culver Square, Colchester
Temporary installation of artwork within Culver Square shopping centre- install acrylic bees and butterflies suspended from catenary wire attached to the existing installed eyebolts.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Aug 2026
Received by Colchester
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21 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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.
About condition discharge and variation applications
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.
Other condition discharge and variation applications
In Colchester
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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.
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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
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261585 Awaiting decision
Bells Hill House, Bells Hill, Mount Bures CO8 5BA
Application discharge condition 3 (external facing and roof materials)to application 260610.
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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
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261106 Granted
Springfield Farm, Nightingale Hill, Langham Colchester CO4 5PN
Application to discharge condition 13 (CMS), 15 (RMS) and BNG of planning permission 251799