With over 25 years of experience, Horizon Architecture brings together architectural design, interiors and technical coordination. We work with you to understand the property, compare options and develop the information each stage needs. Clear fees, fast responses and an agreed programme keep you informed as your project moves forward.
Horizon Architecture · Essex and London
Architectural design and planning support for homeowners, property developers and businesses in Colchester.
We work with briefs across Colchester, Tiptree and West Mersea. Horizon Architecture provides design, planning drawings and technical coordination for residential and commercial projects. We serve the area by arrangement; this page does not describe a separate local office.
Check the exact property address and planning authority before preparing your submission. Postcodes and postal town names do not always identify the local planning boundary.
Colchester’s guidance explains that planning conditions can apply before work, during construction or before occupation. Once a permission is issued, the design team should review the decision notice and identify what further information must be agreed, alongside the approved drawing references.
Official Colchester City Council guidance and records · Source reviewed 18 October 2026.
For a Colchester refurbishment or new home, send the full decision notice if permission already exists. We can prepare a condition tracker and identify drawings or specialist information still needed before the next project stage.
Explore our house extension design, loft conversions, new build architecture, interior design and Building Regulations drawing packages. For an existing refusal, see our planning refusal review service.
Your appointment defines the services included. Statutory application charges, surveys and specialist consultant fees are identified separately. Council approval is an independent decision and cannot be guaranteed.
Yes. We start with the available plans, your brief and the site constraints, then agree whether a measured survey, planning submission and technical package are required.
The planning and technical stages serve different purposes. Your quotation should identify the construction details, engineering and other consultant inputs needed for the intended work.
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Send your site address, photographs, existing plans if available, a short brief and your intended timetable. We will review the information and explain the next step and scope of a quotation.
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