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14 Short Wyre Street, Colchester CO1 1LN

252577Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use for rear storage unit to become 1 bed studio apartment .

Received
28 November 2025
Ward
Castle
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 131 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 14 Short Wyre Street, Colchester CO1 1LN. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 11 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. 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.

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 1LN
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
28 December 2025
Consultation end
28 December 2025
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephanie O Grady
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
303001692

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.

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.

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