The owner of the water tower Jumbo has been given 18 months to come up with a plan for its future.
Planning permission for development of the tower, in Balkerne Passage, Colchester, was granted in 2001 and it said work should start within five years.
But it recently expired and Colchester Council's planning committee last night heard the owner wanted an extension to this period.
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