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Oldhouse, Church Lane Stanway CO3 8LP

260102Listed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional4 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed single storey rear and side infill extension.

Received
15 January 2026
Ward
Stanway
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Oldhouse, Church Lane Stanway CO3 8LP. Colchester has handled 197 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Town conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Stanway. 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 8LP
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stanway

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 February 2026
Consultation end
16 February 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
105 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Jan

    Proposed single storey rear and side infill extension.

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Filed alongside260092
  2. 2026
    15 Jan

    Proposed single storey rear and side infill extension.

    This applicationApprovedHeritage260102

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