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Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ

DC/26/00675Householder Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Householder

Proposal

Householder Application - Installation of 16 solar panels on the roof of two barns

Received
18 February 2026
Decision due
8 April 2026
Public comments
5
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 15 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (25)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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
CO6 4PJ
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leavenheath

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation start
31 March 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
24 March 2026
Site notice start
4 March 2026
Site notice end
25 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14714732
Documents
25
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.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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