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1A Crowhurst Road, Colchester CO3 3JN

260274Full (8 Week Determination)Refused
Full

Refused on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class E(g) to Class E(f) pre-school nursery with necessary minor building works including replacement of asbestos roof and replacement windows. New roof and windows to substantial outbuilding.

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
Castle
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 189 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 1A Crowhurst Road, Colchester CO3 3JN. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 10 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 734 applications in total for the CO3 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
CO3 3JN
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026
Target decision date
24 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Phil Moreton
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
303001756

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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