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16 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DA

261435Full (8 Week Determination)Refused
Full

Refused on 29 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse

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Proposal

Full Planning Application for the Change of Use and Conversion of the Upper Floors to Provide Five Residential Apartments with Retention of Flexible Class E Commercial Accommodation at Ground Floor

Received
4 August 2026
Ward
Castle
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DA. Colchester has handled 3,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Colchester Area 1 conservation area, with 12 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.

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 1DA
Application type
Full (8 Week Determination)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Consultation expiry
28 August 2026
Consultation end
28 August 2026
Target decision date
29 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Phil Moreton
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
l

Additional information

UPRN
100091626004

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: 14, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 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

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© 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: Colchester

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