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Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB

252758Listed BuildingWithdrawn
Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 27 March 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed building application to vary condition 1 of planning permission230558 - Alterations to Blocks 2-4B and 22 to 27, extent of demolitionworks, details of fenestrations, doors, juliet balconies, air source heat pumps and ramp alterations.

Received
30 December 2025
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3NB. Colchester has handled 197 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 87 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Colchester Area 2 conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across New Town & Christ Church. We hold 734 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

90% of heritage 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
CO3 3NB
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Cooper
Statutory period
91 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091468726

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Colchester Area 2
  • Listed building: Grade II: Essex County HospitalOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Essex County Hospital Site. Lexden Road. ColchesterRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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© 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. 2025
    30 Dec

    Listed building application to vary condition 1 of planning permission230558

    This applicationWithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)252758
  2. 2025
    30 Dec

    Application to vary condition 1 of planning permission 230558

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside252759

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