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Coach House, Balkerne Close, Colchester Town Colchester CO1 1NZ

261338Change of Use Office to DwellingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 September 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required (Approved)1 condition

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of use fromCommercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouse(Use Class C3)- 1 bedroom dwelling

Received
20 July 2026
Ward
Castle
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Coach House, Balkerne Close, Colchester Town Colchester CO1 1NZ. Colchester has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Colchester Area 1 conservation area, with 20 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.

83% of amendment 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 1NZ
Application type
Change of Use Office to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2026
Consultation expiry
14 August 2026
Consultation end
14 August 2026
Target decision date
14 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Laura Pike
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
10070226549

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Colchester Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: Tudor CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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.

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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