The Old Rectory Rectory Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AE

DC/20/02905Discharge of Condition(s)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 July 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/19/05797 - Condition 3 (Materials), Condition 4 (Sample Section) and Condition 5 (Details of Illumination)

Received: 15 July 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Brett Vale

ReceivedReceived15 Jul
ValidatedValidated17 Jul
Consult.Consultation30 Jul
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Old Rectory Rectory Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AE. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker 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.

95% of conditions 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: Discharge of Condition(s)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 July 2020
Consultation expiry: 30 July 2020
Consultation start: 21 July 2020
Consultation end: 30 July 2020
Last date for comments: 30 July 2020
Target decision date: 28 August 2020
Decision issued: 3 August 2020
Permission expires: 3 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 15
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: The RectoryOn 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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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