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Natural History Museum, Natural History Museum, High Street, Colchester CO1 1DN

261423Listed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 2 October 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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

Repair and conservation of the West Tower, including works to the facade, structural repairs, a replacement roof and new external rainwater pipes.

Received
3 August 2026
Ward
Castle
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target5 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Natural History Museum, Natural History Museum, High Street, Colchester CO1 1DN. Colchester has handled 197 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Colchester's typical decision time. 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.

90% of heritage 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 1DN
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2026
Consultation expiry
27 August 2026
Consultation end
27 August 2026
Target decision date
5 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
SimonM Grady
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
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Additional information

UPRN
303001703

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Colchester Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: All Saints MuseumOn this site · +7 more
  • 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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