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The Old Rectory Rectory Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AE

DC/20/04390Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 30 November 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Householder Planning Application - Remodel garage door openings, creation of external bin store and install replacement external stair to the cart lodge

Received
5 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
C.S Design Services
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided30 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage 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 56 days, 7 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
7 October 2020
Consultation expiry
23 November 2020
Consultation start
9 November 2020
Consultation end
23 November 2020
Last date for comments
23 November 2020
Target decision date
18 November 2020
Permission expires
30 November 2023

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 October 2020
Advertisement expiry
10 November 2020
Site notice start
16 October 2020
Site notice end
6 November 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17
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.

  • 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Mar

    Householder Application - Erection of new-build car garage.

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/26/01183
  2. 2025
    5 Mar

    Householder Application - Alterations to the existing dressing area to the sauna in the pool house, provision…

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/01000
  3. 2025
    5 Mar

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Alterations to the existing dressing area to the sauna in the pool…

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/25/01001
  4. 2025
    3 Mar

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Construction of a new contemporary extension with glazed link…

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/25/00935
  5. 2025
    3 Mar

    Householder Application - Construction of a new contemporary extension with glazed link (following demolition…

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/00934
  6. 2020
    15 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/19/05797

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/20/02905

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