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Walnut Tree Cottage Lower Street Higham Colchester Suffolk CO7 6JZ

DC/17/04276Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 12 October 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Erection of a single storey side extension & internal alterations

Received
18 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lower Brett
Agent
Optimum Architecture Ltd
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a single storey side extension at Walnut Tree Cottage Lower Street Higham Colchester Suffolk CO7 6JZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days 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 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,584 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2017
Consultation expiry
20 September 2017
Consultation start
22 August 2017
Consultation end
12 September 2017
Last date for comments
20 September 2017
Target decision date
30 September 2017
Permission expires
12 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Optimum Architecture Ltd
Agent address
Nags Corner Nayland Nr Colchester CO6 4LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 August 2017
Advertisement expiry
19 September 2017
Site notice start
30 August 2017
Site notice end
20 September 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06317120
Comments
0
Documents
12

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    18 Aug

    Householder application - Erection of a single storey side extension and internal alterations

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideDC/17/04275
  2. 2017
    18 Aug

    Listed Building Consent - Erection of a single storey side extension & internal alterations

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentDC/17/04276

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    9 Oct

    Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - (T1) Contorted Willow- Reduce by 50%. (T2) Weeping…

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/19/04757
  2. 2017
    3 Apr

    Erection of single storey side extension.

    ApprovedHouseholderB/17/00920
  3. 2017
    3 Apr

    Application for Listed Building Consent- Erection of single storey side extension and internal alterations

    ApprovedListed building consentB/17/00921
  4. 2016
    6 May

    Corkscrew willow (T1) - Reduction of height by 2m, thin and reduce overhanging branches and remove deadwood.

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaB/16/00621
  5. 2005
    25 Feb

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

    ApprovedListed building consentB/05/00369
  6. 2005
    25 Feb

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

    ApprovedHouseholderB/05/00368

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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