Gillyflower House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Erection of 1No detached dwelling.
- Received
- 19 August 2023
- Decided
- 12 January 2024 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Ward
- Brett Vale
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- ReceivedSubmitted19 Aug
- ValidatedValidated21 Aug
- Consult.Consultation26 Dec
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 144 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application at Gillyflower House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH. 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 146 days, 12 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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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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)
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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.
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