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Lexden County Primary School, Trafalgar Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9AS

CC/COL/24/26Full Planning Application CCApproved
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Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of an existing brickwork annex and construction of a single storey extension together with associated works

Received
9 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Drury ED
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Lexden County Primary School, Trafalgar Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9AS. Essex has handled 82 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 12 days longer than Essex's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Drury ED. We hold 737 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Essex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO3 9AS
Application type
Full Planning Application CC
Scale / size
Small
District
Colchester District

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
16 May 2026
Consultation start
24 April 2026
Consultation end
16 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5-7 London Road St Albans AL1 1LA

Additional information

Documents
20

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Oct

    Details pursuant to Condition 4 - Construction Management Plan for planning application ref: CC/COL/24/26

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCC/COL/24/26/04/01
  2. 2026
    9 Apr

    Demolition of an existing brickwork annex and construction of a single storey extension together with…

    This applicationApprovedFullCC/COL/24/26

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