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first floor, 13 Short Wyre Street, Colchester CO1 1LN

250069Change of Use Office to DwellingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 March 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Approved)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed change of use of first floor storage and office space (Use Class E) toone bedroom studio apartment (Use Class C3)

Received
15 January 2025
Ward
Castle
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at first floor, 13 Short Wyre Street, Colchester CO1 1LN. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Colchester Area 1 conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

83% of amendment 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 1LN
Application type
Change of Use Office to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2025
Consultation end
6 February 2025
Target decision date
12 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091455861
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Colchester Area 1
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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Source: Colchester

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