Maria Martens Cottage Martens Lane Polstead Colchester CO6 5AG

B/16/01031Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 24 August 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use to eco campsite, comprising a maximum capacity of up to 20No pitches.

Received: 27 July 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Lower Brett

ReceivedReceived27 Jul
ValidatedValidated27 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Sep
DecidedDecided24 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Maria Martens Cottage Martens Lane Polstead Colchester CO6 5AG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 28 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5AG
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 July 2016
Consultation expiry: 31 August 2016
Consultation start: 4 August 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 4 August 2016
Target decision date: 7 September 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 August 2016
Site notice start: 10 August 2016
Site notice end: 31 August 2016

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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