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94-98 Greenstead Road, Colchester CO1 2SW

252105Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 21 November 2025

Council decision: Approve Conditional5 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of the existing dwelling at No.98 to provide ancillary administrative and community space, together with the refurbishment and adaptation of the adjoining warehouses to form a shop and distribution hub for Colchester Foodbank. including n

Received
29 September 2025
Ward
Greenstead
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 94-98 Greenstead Road, Colchester CO1 2SW. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Greenstead. 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 2SW
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Consultation expiry
28 October 2025
Consultation end
28 October 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
303003977
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Colchester

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