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Rockalls Lodge Rockalls Road Polstead Suffolk CO6 5AT

DC/21/05091Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 November 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Planning Application - Erection of an extension to provide accessible accomodation for the benefit of a registered disabled person, creation of portico to rear, replacement of existing roof covering and windows and reinststate entrance door on rear elevation (following demolition of existing rear additions)

Received
15 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Adaptation Design Limited
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Rockalls Lodge Rockalls Road Polstead Suffolk CO6 5AT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5AT
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2021
Consultation expiry
22 October 2021
Consultation start
22 September 2021
Consultation end
22 October 2021
Last date for comments
22 October 2021
Target decision date
3 November 2021
Permission expires
17 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Adaptation Design Limited
Architect profile
ADAPTATION DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Hatfield Park, 4 Carters Row Great North Road Hatfield AL9 5NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 September 2021
Site notice end
21 October 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10217332
Documents
13
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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.

© 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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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