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The Twist, 25 Military Road, Colchester CO1 2AD

260598Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 wall mounted sign to corner and 1 hanging sign both to first floor level locations.

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Twist, 25 Military Road, Colchester CO1 2AD. Colchester has handled 89 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

78% of advertising 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 2AD
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation end
6 May 2026
Target decision date
3 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
SimonM Grady
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
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Additional information

UPRN
10004951755

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

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© 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
    31 Mar

    Existing first floor residential to be used as a 7 bed 'HMO', and the painting of the existing elevations…

    ApprovedFull (8 Week Determination)Filed alongside260597
  2. 2026
    31 Mar

    1 wall mounted sign to corner and 1 hanging sign both to first floor level locations.

    This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consent260598

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