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Crofters Upper Street Higham Colchester Suffolk CO7 6ND

DC/23/05264Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 23 January 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of first floor to property (following removal of existing); Erection of single-storey and two storey rear extensions and eastern side extension including alterations to western extension including new windows/rooflights and doors: Demolition of existing garage and creation of parking area new gates and alterations to driveway. Erection of outbuilding in the rear garden.

Received
10 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Ayen Consulting Ltd
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Crofters Upper Street Higham Colchester Suffolk CO7 6ND. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 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
CO7 6ND
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2023
Consultation expiry
20 December 2023
Consultation start
10 November 2023
Consultation end
1 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2023
Last date for comments
20 December 2023
Target decision date
23 December 2023
Permission expires
23 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ayen Consulting Ltd
Architect profile
AYEN CONSULTING LTD
Agent address
1 Station Court Station Approach Wickford Essex SS11 7AT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
12 December 2023
Site notice start
29 November 2023
Site notice end
20 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12594332
Documents
13
Constraints
5

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 (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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    2 Jul

    Application under S73 for the Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of DC/23/05264

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/24/02955
  2. 2024
    19 Feb

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/05264

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/24/00783
  3. 2023
    10 Nov

    Householder Application - Erection of first floor to property (following removal of existing); Erection of…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/23/05264

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