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Hill House Polstead Green Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AL

DC/21/00168Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaPermitted
Prior approval

Proposal

Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Prune back 1No Holly Tree rear of garage due to overgrowth and shading.

Received
11 January 2021
Decided
5 February 2021 · Raise No Objection
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brett Vale
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received11 Jan
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Babergh Mid Suffolk99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Hill House Polstead Green Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 29 days. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,496 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DC/21/00168
Address
Hill House Polstead Green Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AL
Postcode
CO6 5AL
Local Authority
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application Type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Brett Vale
Parish
Polstead

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Hill House The Green Polstead Suffolk CO6 5AL

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 January 2021
Consultation Expiry
1 February 2021
Target Decision Date
22 February 2021
Date Decided
5 February 2021
Date Validated
11 January 2021
Date Submitted
11 January 2021
Consultation Start
11 January 2021
Consultation End
1 February 2021
Last Date for Comments
1 February 2021
Permission Expires
5 February 2023

Planning Decision

Decision
Raise No Objection
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09406304
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
10
Coordinates
52.007090, 0.902604
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Polstead
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hill HouseOn 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 (19)

flood storage 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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