Fiveways Fruit Farm, Heath Road, Colchester CO3 0QR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
1 no. 4m totem sign Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £4,000,000 in October 2024. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Colchester
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Postcode
- CO3 0QR
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 14 May 2026
- Ward
- Prettygate
- Parish
- Colchester
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approve Conditional
- Decision date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, 7 days faster than Colchester's median of 56 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 85% of signs and adverts here are.
Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Colchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Colchester decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 25 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Colchester is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #43 out of 296. Only 27% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Colchester is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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