Drumlins Upper Street Higham Colchester Suffolk CO7 6ND
Approved on 15 October 2018
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning Application - Alteration and improvement to existing access and construction of new driveway/hardstanding.
- Received
- 31 May 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Lower Brett
- Agent
- Pomery Planning Consultants Ltd
- ReceivedReceived31 May
- ValidatedValidated31 May
- Consult.Consultation9 Jul
- TargetTarget Date12 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Oct
Decided in 137 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Drumlins Upper Street Higham Colchester Suffolk CO7 6ND. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 13 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,580 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 6ND
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Higham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 May 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 20 July 2018
- Consultation start
- 18 June 2018
- Consultation end
- 9 July 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 June 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 July 2018
- Last date for comments
- 20 July 2018
- Target decision date
- 12 July 2018
- Permission expires
- 15 October 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Pomery Planning Consultants Ltd
- Agent address
- Pomery Planning Consultants Ltd Pappus House Tollgate West Stanway Colchester CO3 8AQ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 June 2018
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 July 2018
- Site notice start
- 29 June 2018
- Site notice end
- 20 July 2018
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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Consultants on this application
- Pomery Planning Consultants Limited · Agent for this application
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