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Little Wenham Hall Hall Lane Wenham Parva Colchester Suffolk CO7 6PZ

DC/26/00596Discharge of Condition(s)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Part Granted/Part RefusedDelegated (officer decision)38 conditions

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/02708 - Condition 3 (Phasing Plan), Part discharge of 4 (Foul Water Drainage) for buildings B,C, D, E, F, G and H only, Part discharge of 5 (External Surface and Boundary Treatments) for Phase 1 only, Part discharge of 6 (Brick, Walls, Gates and Fences) for phase 1 only, 8 (Landscaping Scheme), Part discharge of 9 (Bat Licence) for phase 1 only, 10 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy), 11 (Reptile Mitigation Strategy), part discharge of 12 (Badger Survey) for Phase 1 only, 15 (Public Rights of Way -Construction Management Strategy), 16 (Public Rights of Way Management Plan), 20 (Flood Evacuation Plan), 21 (Surface Water), Part discharge of 26 (Cycle Storage) for buildings C and D only, part discharge for 27 (Refuse storage and presentation) for buildings C and D only, part discharge of 28 (EV Charging) for buildings C and D only, 29 (Written Scheme of Investigation - Below ground assets), 31 (Written Scheme of Investigation -Historic Building record) for buildings B,C,D, E F G and H only, 36 (Investigation and Remediation) and the BNG Condition

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Copdock & Washbrook
Agent
Roger Balmer Design
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Little Wenham Hall Hall Lane Wenham Parva Colchester Suffolk CO7 6PZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Copdock & Washbrook. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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 6PZ
Application type
Discharge of Condition(s)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wenham Parva

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
16 April 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026
Last date for comments
29 April 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026
Decision issued
6 May 2026
Permission expires
6 May 2031

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
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14437472
Documents
54
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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