6 Crouch Street East, Colchester CO3 3ES Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for a lawful development certificate for a proposed Changeof use to the upper floors above the shop premises. Ground floor use to be retained as Class E(a) retail. Upper floors to be converted to a single dwelling use Class C3. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 18 Sept 2026 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Licence at this address
Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.
Site constraints 5
Show all 21 with distances
- 5 mBull HotelGrade II
- 53 mThe Roman Town WallGrade I
- 54 mHeadgate HotelGrade II
- 69 mHeadgate CourtGrade II*
- 73 mFormer St Mary's CottageGrade II
- 74 m17, SIR ISAAC'S WALK (See details for further address information)Grade II*
- 80 m20 and 22, Crouch StreetGrade II*
- 85 m41, Head StreetGrade II
- 86 m54, Head StreetGrade II*
- 92 m37, 39, 39a, Head StreetGrade II
- 94 m44-52, Head StreetGrade II
- 97 mHeadgate Congregational ChurchGrade II
- 109 m11, Sir Isaac's WalkGrade II
- 117 mUnnamed
- 125 mSt Mary's Arts CentreGrade II
- 132 m27, Head StreetGrade II
- 134 m25, Head StreetGrade II
- 139 m8, Church StreetGrade II
- 139 m45-47, St John's StreetGrade II
- 141 m10, Church StreetGrade II
- 142 m21, Head StreetGrade II
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 £125,000 in February 1999. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2013, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Colchester
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
- Postcode
- CO3 3ES
- Received
- 31 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Parish
- Colchester
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Decision date
- 18 Sept 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, 7 days faster than Colchester's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 28% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Colchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Colchester decision record →
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.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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