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Upper Meadow Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH

DC/22/03353Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 30 August 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of two storey front extension and two storey garage, loft conversion and installation of dormer windows (following demolition of existing extension and garage)

Received
4 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Mandy Sexton Architect
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Upper Meadow Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 5AH
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2022
Consultation expiry
11 August 2022
Consultation start
5 July 2022
Consultation end
26 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
6 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
27 July 2022
Last date for comments
11 August 2022
Target decision date
16 August 2022
Permission expires
30 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mandy Sexton Architect
Agent address
The Old Rectory Colchester Road Chappel CO6 2AE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 July 2022
Advertisement expiry
2 August 2022
Site notice start
21 July 2022
Site notice end
11 August 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11372560
Documents
14
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    3 Sep

    Application under Section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act for DC/22/03353

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/24/03894
  2. 2022
    4 Jul

    Householder Application - Erection of two storey front extension and two storey garage, loft conversion and…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/22/03353

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