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Bertrand Russell Tower, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3FA

261428Full (8 Week Determination)Approved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2026

Council decision: Approve Conditional3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of telecommunications equipment on wall mounted poles

Received
3 August 2026
Ward
Wivenhoe
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bertrand Russell Tower, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3FA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Wivenhoe. We hold 1,001 applications in total for the CO4 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
CO4 3FA
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
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
28 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Marcus Knight
Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, conservation areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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