Culver Street West & East, Vineyard Street, Trinity Street, Museum Street &, High Street, Colchester Essex CO1 1DG Data via plota.co.uk

251437 - Advertisement Consent Approved

Proposal

Metal 'Love Your Bike' signs to be installed onto end bike racks on a rack of Sheffield bike racks on various locations in the city centre. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jul 2025
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Validated
30 Jul 2025
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Approved
10 Sept 2025

Approved on 10 Sept 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Colchester Area 1 conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
45 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 22, High Street, Grade II, about 14 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade I, 9 Grade II*, 33 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 170 m away: Town Wall; Inside the Colchester built-up area; Heritage at risk about 87 m away: Former Church of Holy Trinity, Trinity Street.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 1 November 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 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.

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Important details

Council
Colchester
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
CO1 1DG
Received
8 Jul 2025
Validated
30 Jul 2025
Ward
Castle
Parish
Colchester
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Sept 2025
Decision
Approve Conditional
Decision date
10 Sept 2025
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 14 days faster than Colchester's median of 56 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 88% of signs and adverts here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
69decided in the last year

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
21 Aug 2025
Colchester
Planning Authority Score
6.2/10
Average
#91 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Colchester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #245 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #255 of 296
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #43 of 296
27%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #39 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
89 decided
1,074
Total decisions
188 refused in the year to March 2026