Quaker Meeting House, 6 Church Street, Colchester Essex CO1 1NF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
The windows on the front of the building are rotten. Replace the windows with Masterframe's Bygone Collection Melody Sash Windows with wood grain textured acrylic foil on all profiles, every corner has a traditional, vertical and sealed, but jointedÏ con Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 5 Sept 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Site constraints 5
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- 27 mSt Mary's Arts CentreGrade II
- 38 mHeadgate CourtGrade II*
- 44 m25, Head StreetGrade II
- 46 m10, Church StreetGrade II
- 47 m3, Church StreetGrade II
- 51 m21, Head StreetGrade II
- 56 mFormer St Mary's CottageGrade II
- 57 m41, Head StreetGrade II
- 59 m27, Head StreetGrade II
- 63 m37, 39, 39a, Head StreetGrade II
- 76 mThe Roman Town WallGrade I
- 93 mMunicipal Water Tower (Jumbo)Grade II*
- 95 m44-52, Head StreetGrade II
- 105 m54, Head StreetGrade II*
- 113 m17, SIR ISAAC'S WALK (See details for further address information)Grade II*
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- 126 m20 and 22, Crouch StreetGrade II*
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- 135 m55, Crouch StreetGrade II
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Important details
- Council
- Colchester
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed
- Postcode
- CO1 1NF
- Received
- 22 May 2025
- Validated
- 11 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Castle
- Parish
- Colchester
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 5 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Decision date
- 5 Sept 2025
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 17% of lawful development certificates here are.
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Historical activity at this location
28 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.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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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