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

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 251545 Awaiting decision

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

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 of application 242061

  Submitted 18 Jul 2025 Conditions
• 242061 Granted

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

  Listed building application for Repair and redevelopment of Jumbo to create a multifunctional heritage interpretation and private hire event space. Partial ground floor infill, new staircase and lift from ground level, new service floor beneath the engi

  Decided 23 Jan 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

1. 2 Oct 2026

   Received by Colchester

2. 9 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 27 November 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.

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

  251545 Submitted 18 Jul 2025 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~12 Sep

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 of application 242061

  Awaiting decision Conditions 3 docs

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

  242061 Submitted 10 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  Listed building application for Repair and redevelopment of Jumbo to create a multifunctional heritage interpretation and private hire event space. Partial ground floor infill, new staircase and lift from ground level, new service floor beneath the engi

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension 139 docs

• 67-70, North Hill, Colchester Essex CO1 1PX

  251054 Submitted 20 May 2025 50 yards away

  Application for variation of condition 2 following grant of planning permission 223132

  Granted Conditions 21 docs

• 59 North Hill, Colchester CO1 1PX

  260980 Submitted 27 May 2026 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~22 Jul

  Application to discharge condition 5 (ceiling details) and 7 (details of fire protection, sound proofing & insulation) of planning permission 241369

  Awaiting decision Conditions

• 56-56a North Hill, Colchester CO1 1PX

  261279 Submitted 10 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of Use from Commercial/Business/Service (Use Class E) to State-Funded School (Use Class F1(a))

  Granted Full applications

• 63 North Hill, Colchester CO1 1PX

  212475 Submitted 6 Sep 2021 50 yards away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~8 Nov

  T1 - twin stemmed sycamore tree to be pollarded. Overhangs car park area considerably dropping loads of leaves , which makes the ground often slippery for the residents at age concern.

  Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs

• 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
• 261489 Granted

  16 The Glade, Colchester CO4 3JD

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 and 5 of 260811

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions