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Babergh District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Babergh District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,632Searchable applications
323Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 999 approved or refused records
126Refused applications
873 approved · 126 refused · 41 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Listed buildings and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries+443001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries03001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries+447799515774Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas58 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- GrantedDC/25/05135
Full Planning Application - Structural repairs to barn
The George 52 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5AL
Received 20 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05154
Householder Application - 1.5 storey rear extension with side single storey lean to extensions. minor internal alterations cement render replacement. Two external door replacements.
Assington House Colchester Road Assington Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5LU
Received 22 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05155
Application for Listed Building Consent - 1.5 storey rear extension with side single storey lean to extensions. minor internal alterations cement render replacement. Two external door replacements.
Assington House Colchester Road Assington Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5LU
Received 22 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05163
Householder Planning Application - Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump
Pegtile Court 3 Church Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9QT
Received 24 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05166
Householder Application - Replace existing single glazed timber windows with double glazed aluminium framed windows.
Meadow Barn Old London Road Copdock And Washbrook Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3JW
Received 24 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05190
Householder Application - Erection of a cedar wood greenhouse on a concrete base.
Dove Farmhouse Bury Road Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PL
Received 26 Nov 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/05191
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of a cedar wood greenhouse on a concrete base.
Dove Farmhouse Bury Road Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PL
Received 26 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05200
Householder Application - Conversion of existing internal garage to home office and new bicycle storage unit.
12 Hudson Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6FN
Received 26 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05217
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of agricultural building to 2no. dwellings
Barn St Bartholomews Farm Clermont Avenue Sudbury Suffolk
Received 27 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05244
Householder Application - Replacement of a existing glazed upvc utility room with a new utility room extension.
Holly Court Kenyon Close Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LJ
Received 28 Nov 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05254
Non-material Amendment to Reserved Matters Approval DC/24/03715 and Outline Planning Permission DC/21/05159 (1no dwelling) for change of 1no bi-fold door into a window and relocation of window in study.
Cherry Trees Waldingfield Road Acton CO10 0AG
Received 1 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/05255
Planning Application. Erection of temporary 13.5m x 6m PVC marquee in the pub garden.
Swan Inn Lower Street Stratford St Mary CO7 6JR
Received 1 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/05256
Application for Listed Building Consent. Erection of temporary 13.5m x 6m PVC marquee in the pub garden.
Swan Inn Lower Street Stratford St Mary CO7 6JR
Received 1 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05257
Application for Listed Building Consent - Addition of wall and 2no. doors internally.
Smithy Cottage The Tye Alpheton CO10 9BN
Received 1 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05260
Full Planning Application - Erection of agricultural building (retention of).
Valley Farm Valley Road Newton Suffolk
Received 1 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05262
Planning Application. Change of use from garden to equine manege, construction of manege. Retention of existing stables. Change of use from garden to equine paddocks and associated fencing.
Wood View Dairy Road Semer IP7 6RA
Received 1 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/05264
Planning Application. Demolition of the existing shop units at 50A- 51A and 52A North Street, Sudbury, and its replacement with 2No two-storey dwellings, together with an open carport, parking and associated works.
50A-52A North Street Sudbury CO10 1RE
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/05269
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/05777 - Condition 11 (Contamination)
Ballingdon Trading Estate Middleton Road Sudbury Suffolk
Received 1 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/05271
Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) of Planning Permission DC/22/04205 dated: 20/10/2022 - Erection of 2no single storey side extensions (following demolition of existing porch), a first floor balcony, and alterations to existing outbuilding
Hall Farm Mill Lane Chattisham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3PX
Received 1 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/05273
Development by a Statutory Undetaker - Erection of a 8m pole
Outside 8 Long Bessels Hadleigh Suffolk
Received 1 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05281
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.
First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX
Received 1 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05304
Householder Application - Erection of a Single storey rear extension
34 Lynns Hall Close Great Waldingfield Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0FH
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/05305
Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of a 9m pole
Opposite 12 Toppesfield Gardens Hadleigh Suffolk
Received 3 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/05307
Notfication of Works to trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1 No. Holly (T1) to hedge height
6 Hall Road Brent Eleigh Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9NP
Received 3 Dec 2025
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Babergh District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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