The Old Rectory Rectory Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AE
Approved on 13 May 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Householder Application - Erection of new-build car garage.
- Received
- 19 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Brett Vale
- Agent
- Mors + Harte Architects
- ReceivedReceived19 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided13 May
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at The Old Rectory Rectory Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AE. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 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.
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 5AE
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Polstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 1 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mors + Harte Architects
- Agent address
- Mors + Harte Architects Studio B01, 92-94 Mainyard Studios Wallis Road London E9 5LN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 10 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 1 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14784947
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
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 (20)
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, 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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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.
Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20255 Mar
Householder Application - Alterations to the existing dressing area to the sauna in the pool house, provision…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/01000 - 20255 Mar
Application for Listed Building Consent - Alterations to the existing dressing area to the sauna in the pool…
ApprovedListed building consentDC/25/01001 - 20253 Mar
Application for Listed Building Consent - Construction of a new contemporary extension with glazed link…
ApprovedListed building consentDC/25/00935 - 20253 Mar
Householder Application - Construction of a new contemporary extension with glazed link (following demolition…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/00934 - 20205 Oct
Householder Planning Application - Remodel garage door openings, creation of external bin store and install…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/20/04390 - 202015 Jul
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/19/05797
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/20/02905 - 201913 Dec
Householder Planning Application - Erection of gates following removal of existing
ApprovedHouseholderDC/19/05797 - 20195 Jul
Householder Planning Application - Erection of outbuilding
ApprovedHouseholderDC/19/03196
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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