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72-78 Military Road, Colchester CO1 2AN

260193Full (13 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full planning permission for 28 no. affordable dwellings, including associated gardens, boundary treatments, soft and hard landscaping, drainage and associated infrastructure.

Received
30 January 2026
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 130 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 72-78 Military Road, Colchester CO1 2AN. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across New Town & Christ Church. 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
CO1 2AN
Application type
Full (13 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
28
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
John Miles
Statutory period
91 days

Appeal

Appeal result
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Additional information

UPRN
303002693

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: New TownPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Cambridge Arms Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Garage 74 to 78 Military Road and Land to RearRegister 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.

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
    16 Sep

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3, 9, 10, 11, 21, 23 and 24 of approved…

    PendingDischarge of conditions261676
  2. 2026
    30 Jan

    Full planning permission for 28 no. affordable dwellings, including associated gardens, boundary treatments…

    This applicationApprovedFull260193

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