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Former Victoria Wine Co Ltd, 17 East Street, Colchester CO1 2TR

260343Full (8 Week Determination)Awaiting decision
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Proposal

The proposal seeks to retain a single ground floor retail unit fronting East Street while converting the existing office space acrossthe ground and the flat on the first floor into eight double-bedroom HMO units with associated communal facilities.

Received
24 February 2026
Decision due
13 November 2026
Ward
Castle
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Victoria Wine Co Ltd, 17 East Street, Colchester CO1 2TR. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Colchester Area 1 conservation area, with 16 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 2TR
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation end
23 November 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Sakeena El-Diwany
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
100090449274

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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