Corders House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH

DC/25/04470Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 November 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Internal alterations to the ground floor lean-to and kitchen, and exposure of the original brick fireplace within the first floor master bedroom. External works to lean-to include the removal of existing paint finishes, re-pointing of masonry where necessary, and the infilling of an existing window opening to match the surrounding brickwork.

Received: 8 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Brett Vale
Agent: Modece Architects Limited

ReceivedReceived8 Oct
ValidatedValidated9 Oct
Consult.Consultation30 Oct
TargetTarget Date20 Nov
DecidedDecided20 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Corders House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 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.

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: CO6 5AH
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 19 November 2025
Consultation start: 9 October 2025
Consultation end: 30 October 2025
Last date for comments: 19 November 2025
Target decision date: 20 November 2025
Permission expires: 20 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Modece Architects Limited
Architect profile: MODECE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: 4 The Old Fox Yard Ipswich Street Stowmarket IP31 1AB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 21 October 2025
Advertisement expiry: 11 November 2025
Site notice start: 29 October 2025
Site notice end: 19 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14393076
Comments: 0
Documents: 20
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Polstead
Listed building: Grade II: Corder'S HouseOn this site · +4 more
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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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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