The Elms East End Lane East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6XA Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/00079 - Non Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to - Installation of an accessible WC and increase in size of extension. 250mm to rear and front and insertion of window to ground floor W.C Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Validated
9 Jan 2026
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Approved
12 Jan 2026
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Committee
21 Jul 2026

Approved on 12 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk Planning Committee on 21 Jul 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the site was considered sustainable, with significant housing benefits and no harms outweighing them.
  • Residents and local representatives raised concerns about the Green Belt, traffic, infrastructure, wildlife, drainage and village character.
  • The committee approved the application subject to conditions and a Section 106 agreement.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, consultation responses and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk's committee minutes of 21 Jul 2026.

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National landscape about 66 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £331,000 in April 2024. Detached house, freehold.

2 April 2024£331,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
CO7 6XA
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
9 Jan 2026
Ward
East Bergholt
Parish
East Bergholt
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Feb 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
12 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
6 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Babergh Mid Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #124 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #68 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #56 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #83 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
160 decided (1-9 homes)
73%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
40 decided
882
Total decisions
99 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.