Planning application
Hermitage Cottage Quintons Road East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6RB
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Change of use of a dwellinghouse (C3) to a care home (C2) for up to four children
As published by the council, reference DC/26/04142
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/04142
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 23 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 24 Sep 2026
- Ward
- East Bergholt
- Parish
- East Bergholt
- Postcode
- CO7 6RB
Comment by 27 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Babergh's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Sep 2026
Received by Babergh
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24 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Babergh took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Babergh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Babergh decided full applications in a median of 78 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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