1 Knights Field, Colchester CO2 7SL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate to confirm that planning permission reference has been lawfully implemented and therefore remains extant. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 27 Feb 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Site constraints 2
Checked on 2 November 2026. 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £264,000 in August 2022. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Colchester
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
- Postcode
- CO2 7SL
- Received
- 9 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 17 Dec 2025
- Ward
- New Town & Christ Church
- Parish
- Colchester
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 27 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Approve Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Decision date
- 27 Feb 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 72 days from validation, 16 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 →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 13 Jan 2026
Historical activity at this location
6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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