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Waterloo House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH

DC/20/04015Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 23 November 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Householder Planning Application - Erection of cartlodge (following demolition of garage).

Received
14 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brett Vale
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Waterloo House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 5AH
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2020
Consultation expiry
17 November 2020
Consultation start
16 October 2020
Consultation end
13 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
19 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
9 November 2020
Last date for comments
17 November 2020
Target decision date
23 November 2020
Permission expires
23 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 October 2020
Advertisement expiry
17 November 2020
Site notice start
23 October 2020
Site notice end
13 November 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    15 Feb

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/20/04015

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/21/00864
  2. 2020
    14 Sep

    Householder Planning Application - Erection of cartlodge (following demolition of garage).

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/20/04015

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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