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96 High Street, Colchester Essex CO1 1TH

241786Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 4 December 2024

Council decision: Approve Conditional4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert 1st & 2nd floors to a 2-bed flat (Use Class C3(a)), independent of ground floor (Use Class E) commercial space. Enhances mixed-use property functionality. Bin stores and bicycle stands provided to the rear of the property.

Received
1 September 2024
Ward
Castle
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 96 High Street, Colchester Essex CO1 1TH. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Colchester Area 1 conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Castle. We hold 164 applications in total for the CO1 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Colchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO1 1TH
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2024
Consultation expiry
26 September 2024
Consultation end
26 September 2024
Target decision date
5 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
94 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10004944988
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Colchester Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: 95 and 96, High StreetOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    1 Sep

    Convert 1st & 2nd floors to a 2-bed flat (Use Class C3(a)), independent of ground floor (Use Class E)…

    This applicationApprovedFull241786
  2. 2024
    1 Sep

    Convert 1st & 2nd floors to a 2-bed flat (Use Class C3(a)), independent of ground floor (Use Class E)…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside241787

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