Planning application
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Householder Application - Installation of 16 solar panels on the roof of a barn.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00675
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00675
- Type
- Householder Planning Application
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 18 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 22 Apr 2026
- Parish
- Leavenheath
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO6 4PJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register
This site has had 4 applications since 2026: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/02029 Granted
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00675 - Conditions 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) and 6 (Method Statement for Mobile protected species)
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DC/26/00676 Granted
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of 16 solar panels on the roof of two barns.
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DC/26/00569 Withdrawn
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Application for Listed Building Consent - Remove cracked and leaking concrete and sand render from upper south gable of the house (above the conservatory). Replace with lime based render and repaint with matching exterior render paint. (Farrow and Ball, Joa s white).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Feb 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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25 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DC/26/02029 Granted
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00675 - Conditions 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) and 6 (Method Statement for Mobile protected species)
- Application: DC/26/00676 (Granted)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION - GRANT
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- HERITAGE RESPONSE
- REVISED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PV PANELS BLOCK PHOTO
- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATIONS WITH PV PANELS
- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATIONS WITHOUT PV PANELS
- BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED WEST ELEVATIONS WITH PV PANELS
- PROPOSED WEST ELEVATIONS WITHOUT PV PANELS
- LOCATION PLAN
- REVISED PROJECT REPORT
- NATIONAL LANDSCAPE COMMENTS
- HERITAGE RESPONSE
- PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY RESPONSE
- LEAVENHEATH PARISH COMMENTS
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- REVISED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- APPLICATION FORM
- SUPERSEDED - SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING PLAN
- PROPOSED PLAN
- DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- PRA BAT SURVEY
- MANUFACTURES SPECIFICATION UV PANELS
- PV PROPOSAL (5)
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 22 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00675 - Conditions 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) and 6 (Method Statement for Mobile protected species)
Granted Conditions 9 docs -
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of 16 solar panels on the roof of two barns.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 24 docs -
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Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00675 - Conditions 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) and 6 (Method Statement for Mobile protected species)
Granted Conditions 9 docs -
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Householder Application - Installation of 16 solar panels on the roof of a barn.
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Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
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Granted Heritage and listed buildings 24 docs -
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Application for Listed Building Consent - Remove cracked and leaking concrete and sand render from upper south gable of the house (above the conservatory). Replace with lime based render and repaint with matching exterior render paint. (Farrow and Ball, Joa s white).
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