Winter support

Colchester Borough Council is providing support for residents, businesses and communities throughout winter.

Application Forms

Pre-application Advice

We provide advice to help you improve your planning application, increasing the chance of your application being granted planning permission.

We provide advice to help you improve your planning application, increasing t...

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Planning Performance A...

We work together with you on large applications, agreeing actions, resources and timeframes.

We work together with you on large applications, agreeing actions, resources ...

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Planning Applications

If your building project requires planning permission, submit a planning application to explain your building project in detail.

If your building project requires planning permission, submit a planning appl...

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Certificate of Lawfulness

If you're unsure whether your building project requires planning permission you can ask us to confirm.

If you're unsure whether your building project requires planning permissi...

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Tree Preservation Order

You can't do any work to protected tress unless we've approved a Tree Works Consent.

You can't do any work to protected tress unless we've approved a Tree...

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Street Naming and Numb...

Change an existing address or create an address for a new property.

Change an existing address or create an address for a new property.

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Archaeology Advice and...

Building projects that affect listed buildings or scheduled monuments require special consent and planning permission.

Building projects that affect listed buildings or scheduled monuments require...

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Landscape Consultancy ...

When creating landscape projects for large development sites our guidelines should be followed and we may request developers to contribute towards it.

When creating landscape projects for large development sites our guidelines s...

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Building Control Approval

Building work requires Building Control Approval and you're responsible for making sure that your building project complies with Building Regulations.

Building work requires Building Control Approval and you're responsible f...

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Section 106 Agreements

Legal agreements between a Council and a developer or other parties, that ensure extra works related to a development are undertaken.

Legal agreements between a Council and a developer or other parties, that ens...

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Unilateral Undertaking

A legal document that states you must make payments to us in the form of planning contributions if you receive planning permission.

A legal document that states you must make payments to us in the form of plan...

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Community Infrastructu...

The Community Infrastructure Levy is a levy that local authorities can choose to charge on developments in their area.

The Community Infrastructure Levy is a levy that local authorities can choose...

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