Gable Cottage Upper Street Higham Colchester Suffolk CO7 6ND Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/04289 - Householder Planning Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a Garden room Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 07:42

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Application progress

✓

Received

2 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

12 Oct 2026

✓

Consultation

22 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 7 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 6 Dec 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Documents 3

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Meadow View, Gable End and Adjoining Cottage

List entry 1193163 · 6 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show the other 4 with distances

38 mBywaysGrade II
92 mWhite Oak Cottage and DysartGrade II
112 mThe Old Post OfficeGrade II
126 mBarhams ManorGrade II

Historic England ↗

Dedham Vale National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

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.

Higham conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

National infrastructure project 464 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is 464 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the Higham (Babergh) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

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Important details

Council: Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Postcode: CO7 6ND
Received: 2 Oct 2026
Validated: 12 Oct 2026
Ward: Brett Vale
Parish: Higham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides extensions by day 55.

prediction

Day 1640 days to the 56-day target

73%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

671decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

1 supporting

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 12 Oct 2026
Consultation: 22 Oct 2026
Comments by: 12 Nov 2026
Site or press notice: 20 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 7 Dec 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

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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