Polstead Lodge Mill Street Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AD
Approved on 4 December 2017
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Outline Planning Application (access to be considered) - Erection of up to 1 no. detached dwelling (utilising existing vehicular access)
- Received
- 3 October 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Lower Brett
- Agent
- Nick Peasland Architectural Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Oct
- Consult.Consultation30 Oct
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided4 Dec
Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Polstead Lodge Mill Street Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AD. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. 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.
79% of outline 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 5AD
- Application type
- Outline Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Polstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 October 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 7 November 2017
- Consultation start
- 9 October 2017
- Consultation end
- 30 October 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 October 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 October 2017
- Last date for comments
- 7 November 2017
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2017
- Permission expires
- 4 December 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Nick Peasland Architectural Services Ltd
- Architect profile
- NICK PEASLAND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 2 Hall Cottages Assington Park Assington Sudbury CO10 5LQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 October 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 November 2017
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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