Rose Cottage, Workhouse Hill, Boxted Colchester CO4 5TT

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 1 refused.

• 230345 Granted

  Rose Cottage, Workhouse Hill, Boxted Colchester CO4 5TT

  Remove existing conservatory. Construct single storey garden room (resubmission of 222944) (Revised Description).

  Decided 6 Jun 2023 Full applications
• 222944 Refused

  Rose Cottage, Workhouse Hill, Boxted Colchester CO4 5TT

  Remove existing conservatory and construct single storey garden room, new gates & fence to parking area

  Decided 24 Jan 2023 Full applications

1. 28 Aug 2026

   Received by Colchester

2. 2 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 28 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 28 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 lawful development applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Rose Cottage, Workhouse Hill, Boxted Colchester CO4 5TT

  222944 Submitted 22 Nov 2022 50 yards away

  Remove existing conservatory and construct single storey garden room, new gates & fence to parking area

  Refused Full applications Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• Rose Cottage, Workhouse Hill, Boxted Colchester CO4 5TT

  230345 Submitted 8 Feb 2023 50 yards away

  Remove existing conservatory. Construct single storey garden room (resubmission of 222944) (Revised Description).

  Granted Full applications Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• Somerton House, Green Lane, Boxted Essex CO4 5TR

  241433 Submitted 12 Jul 2024 200 yards away

  Proposed replacement dwelling and erection of car port.

  Refused Full applications 41 docs
  Domestic

• 6 Brook Cottages, Wet Lane, Boxted Colchester CO4 5TW

  261743 Submitted 24 Sep 2026 200 yards away

  83% historically approved · decision due ~19 Nov

  Erection of a part first-floor rear extension, with alterations to theexisting first-floor layout and changes to rear fenestration.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension Windows or glazing

• 261454 Granted

  6 Pond Chase, Colchester CO3 4RD

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed garage conversion and loft conversion

  Received 6 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 261763 Awaiting decision

  Community Centre, 1a Caxton Close, Tiptree Colchester CO5 0HA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed improvement and accessibility with safe access for wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility to the existing buidling,

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 6 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 261294 Granted

  Flats 1 - 17, 1 Bank Passage, Colchester CO1 1HZ

  Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the building as 17 self-contained flats.

  Received 13 Jul, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 261741 Awaiting decision

  16 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed installation of two electrically operated perforated steel internal security roller shutters (SH01 and SH02) within the existing Class E commercial premises.

  Received 24 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 261408 Refused

  6 Crouch Street East, Colchester CO3 3ES

  Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed Changeof use to the upper floors above the shop premises. Ground floor use to be retained as Class E(a) retail. Upper floors to be converted to a single dwelling use Class C3.

  Received 31 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Lawful development