Knowles Cottage, London Road, Great Horkesley Colchester CO6 4BU Data via plota.co.uk

252723 - Listed Building Approved
Listed buildings

Proposal

Application for listed building consent for alterations to internal layout of a modern section to existing house, removal of former annexeentrance and minor fenestration changes Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Dec 2025
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Approved
11 Feb 2026

Approved on 11 Feb 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Knowles Cottage
List entry 1222771 · The pin is inside its outline
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.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National infrastructure project 285 m away: Norwich to Tilbury
The site is 285 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 307 m away: Dedham Vale.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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 £920,000 in October 2017. Other property, freehold.

20 October 2017£920,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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
Listed Building
Postcode
CO6 4BU
Received
17 Dec 2025
Validated
17 Dec 2025
Ward
Rural North
Parish
Great Horkesley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Feb 2026
Decision
Approve Conditional
Decision date
11 Feb 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Elegant Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 8 days faster than Colchester's median of 64 for listed building works. Approved, as 91% of listed building works here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
57decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
22 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

9 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2018 Approved
Proposed single storey front extension and internal alterations.
180303
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Knowles Cottage, London Road, Great Horkesley Essex CO6 4BU
Application to remove condition 7 of planning permission 251151
252106
2025 Withdrawn
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Application to remove condition 5 of planning permission 251152
252107
2025 Approved
Knowles Cottage, London Road, Great Horkesley Essex CO6 4BU
Alterations to internal layout of modern section to existing house, removal of former ann…
251152
2025
Knowles Cottage, London Road, Great Horkesley Essex CO6 4BU
Alterations to internal layout of modern section to existing house, removal of former ann…
251151
2021 Approved
Knowles Barn, London Road, Great Horkesley Colchester CO6 4BU
Listed building consent for Erection of detached cartlodge and replacing existing greenho…
210603
2021 Approved
Knowles Barn, London Road, Great Horkesley Colchester CO6 4BU
Erection of detached cartlodge and replacing existing greenhouse and shed (amended design…
210602
2018 Approved
Knowles Barn, London Road, Great Horkesley Colchester CO6 4BU
Fenestration alterations to comprise replacing full height glazed kitchen windows with do…
182087
2018 Approved
Knowles Cottage, London Road, Great Horkesley CO6 4BU
Proposed single storey front extension and internal alterations.
180304
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.