Rookery Cottage, 49 High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET Data via plota.co.uk

261400 - Listed Building Approved
Extensions & alterationsListed buildings

Proposal

Internal alterations, new proposed staircase and 2no. new door openings. Restoration of external balcony. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Boatstore Adjoining Number 49
List entry 1273617 · The pin is inside its outline · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade II)
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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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Local nature reserve 196 m away: Colne
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 120 m away: Upper Colne Marshes SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Conservation area 80 m away: Rowhedge; Inside the Rowhedge built-up area; Priority habitat 49 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Colchester
Application type
Listed Building
Postcode
CO5 7ET
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Ward
Old Heath & The Hythe
Parish
East Donyland
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Approve Conditional
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 5 days faster than Colchester's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 84% of extensions here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
437decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Colchester in the last twelve months, from validation. Colchester decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

24 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
75 High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Proposed new porch to front
200633
2020
Rowhedge Wharf, High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 4,6,7,8,9, 10,11,12,13,14,15,1…
200595
2020
Rowhedge Wharf, High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 4,6,7,8,9, 10,11,12,13,14,15,1…
200595
2019 Approved
34 High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Minor alterations to raise rear chimney stack and to paint joinery details on the front e…
191947
2019 Approved
34 High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Minor alterations to raise rear chimney stack and to paint joinery details on the front e…
191947
2019 Approved
34 High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Minor internal alterations including insertion of a new partition, new bathroom and kitch…
191007
2019 Approved
34 High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Minor internal alterations including insertion of a new partition, new bathroom and kitch…
191007
2018 Approved
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Application to discharge condition 4 of planning permission 144693.
180289
2017
Rowhedge Wharf, High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Discharge of condition 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23,24, 25, 27, 28, 29…
170998
2017
Rowhedge Wharf, High Street, Rowhedge Colchester CO5 7ET
Discharge of condition 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23,24, 25, 27, 28, 29…
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Colchester
Planning Authority Score
6.2/10
Average
#91 of 296 councils
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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