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Land East of, School Road, Copford Colchester CO6 1BX

261331Outline (13 Week Determination)Awaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for Phased erection of either up to 340 dwellings (Class C3) or the erection of up-to 300 dwellings (Class C3) and military veterans accommodation (Class C2) (comprising up-to 50 flats and supporting facilities such as training suite

Received
17 July 2026
Decision due
27 November 2026
Ward
Marks Tey & Layer
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land East of, School Road, Copford Colchester CO6 1BX. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Marks Tey & Layer. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

75% of outline 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
CO6 1BX
Application type
Outline (13 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
340
Parish
Copford with Easthorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation end
21 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Cooper
Statutory period
91 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

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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