The Old Rectory Rectory Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AE

DC/19/05797Householder Planning ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 6 February 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Householder Planning Application - Erection of gates following removal of existing

Received: 13 December 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Brett Vale
Agent: G.S. Design Services

ReceivedReceived13 Dec
ValidatedValidated14 Dec
Consult.Consultation20 Jan
TargetTarget Date25 Jan
DecidedDecided6 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Rectory Rectory Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AE. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 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 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Brett Vale. 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 5AE
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 December 2019
Consultation expiry: 20 January 2020
Consultation start: 16 December 2019
Consultation end: 20 January 2020
Last date for comments: 20 January 2020
Target decision date: 25 January 2020
Permission expires: 6 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: G.S. Design Services
Agent address: G.S. Design Services 38 Stephens Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9JE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 24 December 2019
Advertisement expiry: 14 January 2020
Site notice start: 20 December 2019
Site notice end: 10 January 2020

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 19
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Listed building: Grade II: The RectoryOn or next to this site
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, conservation 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.

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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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2019
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This applicationApprovedFullDC/19/05797

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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