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24 Richardsons Road East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6RR

DC/26/03173Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 15 September 2026

Council decision: Granted2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a side infill extension

Received
23 July 2026
Public comments
1 · last counted 2 October 2026
Ward
East Bergholt
Agent
Roger Balmer Design
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 24 Richardsons Road East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6RR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across East Bergholt. 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 6RR
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Bergholt

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026
Consultation expiry
18 August 2026
Consultation start
27 July 2026
Consultation end
17 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 August 2026
Last date for comments
18 August 2026
Target decision date
3 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Roger Balmer Design
Agent address
Fountain House Studio The Street East Bergholt Colchester CO7 6TB GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15080207
Documents
9
Constraints
2

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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