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

1. 28 Aug 2026

   Received by Colchester

2. 7 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 23 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.

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

  260803 Submitted 1 May 2026 50 yards away

  Extension to existing office building to create more desk space.

  Granted Full applications Extension

• 2b Barrack Street, Colchester CO1 2LJ

  260512 Submitted 20 Mar 2026 200 yards away

  Conversion of one dwelling into 2 1 flats (Retrospective)

  Refused Full applications New dwelling
  Domestic

• 18-20 Barrack Street, Colchester CO1 2LJ

  260825 Submitted 5 May 2026 200 yards away

  91% historically approved · decision due ~30 Jun

  Removal of existing external timber staircase and replacement with new lightweight steel staircase finished in a powder-coated black colour.

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings

• 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester CO1 2LA

  260981 Submitted 27 May 2026 250 yards away

  Erection of replacement building at rear to provide 5-bedroom house inmultiple occupation.

  Refused Full applications

• 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester CO1 2LA

  260290 Submitted 20 Feb 2026 250 yards away

  Change of use from single-family dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a sui generis large house in multiple occupation with a maximum capacityof ten (10) residents.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings
  Domestic

• 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester CO1 2LA

  260275 Submitted 13 Feb 2026 250 yards away

  Change of use from single-family dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a sui generis large house in multiple occupation with a maximum capacityof ten (10) residents.

  Granted Full applications
  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