Fiveways Fruit Farm, Heath Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 0QR Data via plota.co.uk

260142 - Discharge of Condition Approved

Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved bt condition 25, 26, and 37 of application Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jan 2026
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Approved
3 Mar 2026

Approved on 3 Mar 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1665 m away: A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Scheme; Scheduled monument about 249 m away: Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum; Inside the Colchester built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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 £4,000,000 in October 2024. Other property, freehold.

23 October 2024£4,000,000Recorded 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
Discharge of Condition
Postcode
CO3 0QR
Received
22 Jan 2026
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Stanway
Parish
Stanway
Target decision
19 Mar 2026
Decision
Discharge of Condition (Approved)
Decision date
3 Mar 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Andrew Ransome
Freehold owner
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Colchester
Planning Authority Score
6.2/10
Average
#91 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

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 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.