Hill House Polstead Green Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AL
Proposal
Householder Application - Conversion of detached garage to form annexed accommodation ancillary to host dwelling.
- Received
- 19 April 2022
- Decided
- 15 June 2022 · Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Ward
- Brett Vale
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- ReceivedSubmitted19 Apr
- ValidatedValidated20 Apr
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date1 Jun
- DecidedDecided15 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application for a garage at Hill House Polstead Green Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 61 days. This one was decided in 57 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.
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Associated applications
- 202219 Apr
Householder Application - Conversion of detached garage to form annexed accommodation ancillary to host…
This applicationRefusedFullDC/22/02030 - 202219 Apr
Application for Listed Building Consent - Conversion of and alterations to detached garage to form annexed…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/22/02031
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202111 Jan
Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Prune back 1No Holly Tree rear of garage due to…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/21/00168 - 200317 Mar
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replace slate courses with clay peg tiles on front elevation.
WithdrawnListed building consentB//03/00475
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (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.
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