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Walnut Tree Cottage Lower Street Higham Colchester CO7 6JZ

B/05/00368Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 June 2005

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two-storey rear extension. As amended by Flood Risk Assessment received on 10/03/2005.

Received
25 February 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 96 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at Walnut Tree Cottage Lower Street Higham Colchester CO7 6JZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Higham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 2,584 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO7 6JZ
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2005
Consultation expiry
29 March 2005
Consultation start
1 March 2005
Neighbour consultation start
1 June 2005
Target decision date
22 April 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 March 2005
Site notice end
29 March 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Higham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Walnut Tree CottageOn this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2005
    25 Feb

    Erection of two-storey rear extension. As amended by Flood Risk Assessment received on 10/03/2005.

    This applicationApprovedFullB/05/00368
  2. 2005
    25 Feb

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of two-storey rear extension; internal alterations.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideB/05/00369

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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