D'Arcy Cottage Rockalls Road Polstead Colchester CO6 5AR
Refused on 27 August 2009
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Proposal
Change of use, alterations and extensions to existing dwelling to form 2 no. dwellings.
- Received
- 13 May 2009
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- ReceivedReceived13 May
- ValidatedValidated22 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Jul
- DecidedDecided27 Aug
Decided in 97 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at D'Arcy Cottage Rockalls Road Polstead Colchester CO6 5AR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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
- CO6 5AR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Polstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 May 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 22 July 2009
- Consultation start
- 9 November 2009
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 November 2009
- Target decision date
- 3 July 2009
- Committee meeting
- 26 August 2009
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 June 2009
- Site notice start
- 28 May 2009
- Site notice end
- 22 July 2009
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Polstead
- National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200812 Dec
Application for Listed Building Consent - Demolition of a brick wall.
ApprovedListed building consentB/08/01888 - 200719 Nov
Alterations and extension to existing dwelling to form 2 no. dwellings.
RefusedFull Planning ApplicationB/07/01893 - 200714 Aug
Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling to form 2 no. dwellings.
WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationB/07/01362
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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