West Gate House, High Street, Dedham Colchester CO7 6HJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed drillingof small hole through wall of house to pass through a cable for installation of a small internal box at first floor level. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 7 Jan 2026 · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Site constraints 8
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Checked on 2 November 2026. 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 £940,000 in August 2003. Detached house, 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
- Cert. of Lawfulness - Proposed Wks to Listed Bldg
- Postcode
- CO7 6HJ
- Received
- 7 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 7 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Rural North
- Parish
- Dedham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 8 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Decision date
- 7 Jan 2026
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 61 days from validation, 5 days slower than Colchester's median of 56 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 83% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Colchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Colchester decision record →
Historical activity at this location
31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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 boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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