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The Old Rectory Church Lane Wenham Magna Colchester Suffolk CO7 6PN

DC/23/05226Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 April 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Demolition of existing extension; Erection of garage (following demolition of existing): Construction of swimming pool and conversion of outbuilding for use as garden room, Works set out by the Heritage Impact Assessment and addendum to the Heritage Impact Assessment and alterations to fenestration. Erection of new gates and garden walls.

Received
8 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Copdock & Washbrook
Agent
Roger Balmer Design
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 139 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Old Rectory Church Lane Wenham Magna Colchester Suffolk CO7 6PN. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 152 days, 15 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Copdock & Washbrook. We hold 2,584 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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
CO7 6PN
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wenham Magna

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2023
Consultation expiry
2 April 2024
Consultation start
12 March 2024
Consultation end
2 April 2024
Last date for comments
2 April 2024
Target decision date
1 April 2024
Permission expires
8 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Roger Balmer Design
Agent address
Fountain House Studio The Street East Bergholt Colchester CO7 6TB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
132 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
12 December 2023
Site notice start
17 November 2023
Site notice end
8 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11912473
Documents
23
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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, National Landscapes, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    22 Jul

    Discharge of Condition Application for DC/23/05226

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/24/03256
  2. 2023
    8 Nov

    Householder Application - Erection of side extension and associated alterations. Erection of rear extension…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideDC/23/05225
  3. 2023
    8 Nov

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Demolition of existing extension; Erection of garage (following…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentDC/23/05226

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