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Yeomans Cottage Mill Street Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AD

DC/26/04077Awaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Householder Application - Installation of PV Panels to existing garage roof

Received
18 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 27 October 2026
Ward
Brett Vale
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at Yeomans Cottage Mill Street Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AD. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 15,395 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
CO6 5AD
Parish
Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2026
Consultation end
15 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Elise Colombel

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Polstead
  • Listed building: Grade II: CapricornOn this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale

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.

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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