5 Kings Head Court, Colchester Essex CO1 1XY

260716Full (8 Week Determination)Approved

Full

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Discharge of Condition (Approved)

Approximate site (title boundary)

Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 5 of approved application 260088

Received: 23 April 2026
Council: Colchester City Council
Ward: Castle

ReceivedReceived23 Apr
ValidatedValidated27 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Jun
DecidedDecided21 Aug

Decided in 116 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 5 Kings Head Court, Colchester Essex CO1 1XY. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Colchester's typical decision time. 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 1XY
Application type: Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 April 2026
Target decision date: 22 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Phil Moreton
Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: l

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.

Source: Colchester

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