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Babergh District Council
Planning applications.
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Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,641Searchable applications
323Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 1,005 approved or refused records
127Refused applications
878 approved · 127 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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- Planning enquiries+447799515774Council source
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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/25/05350
Householder Application - Extensions and alterations to existing dwelling following removal of existing sitting area and utility areas. Linking House to the garage block and relocating parking area.
The Chestnuts Parsonage Green Cockfield Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0HB
Received 8 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/05353
Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Installation of 1no new power generator, 2no new equipment cabinets and associated ancillary works thereto (28 DAY RESPONSE)
Paddock Adjoining Billy's Lane With A12 Ipswich Road Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LS
Received 8 Dec 2025 - ReceivedDC/25/05356
Request for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion - Mixed use development of up to 750 homes, care home, a new primary school and early years facilities, retail and employment use, hotel, household refuse site, a network of multifunctional green infrastructure, landscaping, public open space, new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular accesses, and SuDS features
Land At Chilton Woods Sudbury Suffolk
Received 8 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/05359
Householder Application -Erection of detached Car Port & Store
Cherry Meadow House Straight Road Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5DL
Received 8 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05364
Planning Application - Erection of a Multi-Use Games Area with 3m perimeter fencing and Birds Nest Swing.
Pump Farm School Bures Road Assington CO10 5NA
Received 8 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05366
Householder Application - remove an existing fence and re-position it to enclose open grassland that forms part of the property
7 Jordayn Rise Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5SY
Received 8 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05367
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/03240 - Condition 3 (Mechanical Ventilation)
29 Chapel Lane Belstead Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3LR
Received 8 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05368
Householder Application - Erection of extensions (following demolition of existing modern extensions), proposed new entrance gates with re-configured boundary walls and erection of a detached carport.
The Old Hall Hall Road Chelsworth Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7HX
Received 8 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05371
Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation order BT319/T2 - To Pollard (T1) Ash tree to 8 metres above ground level. The tree leans significantly towards the Chappel and is showing signs of Ash Dieback.
St Bartholomews Priory St Bartholomews Lane Sudbury Suffolk CO10 1XP
Received 9 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05383
Application for Listed Building Consent - Addition of sanitary accommodation to existing ground floor cupboard and reconfiguration of first floor layout.
73 Church Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9QT
Received 9 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05387
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/04089 - Conditions 4. (Impact on Bats) and 5 (Wildlife Sensitive Lighting)
Windreat Elm Road East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6SG
Received 9 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05389
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/04668 - Condition 13 (EPS Licence)
Grove Farm Ipswich Road Holbrook Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2PH
Received 9 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05392
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/04799 - Condition 6 (Vehicular Access Surface Material), Condition 15 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) and Condition 16 (Lighting Design Strategy)
Larkswood Duke Street Hintlesham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3PN
Received 10 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05393
Notification of works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order - Repeat crown lifting as previously undertaken to trees within TPO group BT364/A1 to a height of between 3m - 4.5m (as per previous crown lifting heights), above ground level as appropriate.
Land To Eastern Bank Of River Stour At Dove House Meadow Housing Development Great Cornard Sudbury CO10 0GF
Received 10 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/05394
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T2 - Cotoneaster - Fell to ground level and grind out the stump - tree has died -We propose to replace it with a tree suitable to the site (ideally a heritage fruit tree).
Old Forge House Thorington Street Stoke By Nayland Colchester Suffolk CO6 4SN
Received 10 Dec 2025 - RefusedDC/25/05399
Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission DC/25/03765 dated 25/11/2025 - Change of use of land, erection of 1 No. two storey dwelling utilising existing vehicular access (following demolition of existing agricultural building permitted under DC/24/00454 for the conversion to a two-storey dwelling (extant) and DC/23/00655 for conversion to 3 No. two-storey dwellings (extant)). Town and Country Planning Act 1990.- To vary Condition 2 - As per submitted plans/documents
Grove Farm Ipswich Road Holbrook Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2PH
Received 10 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05408
Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents), Condition 3 (Off-Site Highways Improvement), Condition 4 (Visibility Splays), Condition 5 (Parking and Manoeuvring), Condition 6 (Bins), Condition 8 (Landscaping Scheme), Condition 13 (Ecological Appraisal Recommendations), Condition 15 (Biodiversity Enhancement Layout); and removal of Condition 14 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) of planning permission DC/24/02317 dated: 03/02/2025 - Conversion of vacant offices (Class E) to Class F.1 Educational Use (Day school, SEN teaching provision); Creation of ramped access, covered cycle stands, bin storage area, sensory garden, multipurpose games area and boundary security fencing.
The Old School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ
Received 11 Dec 2025 - RefusedDC/25/05411
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/02317 - Biodiversity Net Gain Condition
Aurora Ravensfield School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ
Received 11 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/05415
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a Building for Agricultural or Forestry use The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6 Class A - Construction of an agricultural building, new hardstanding apron, liquid fertilizer concrete base bund and hardcore access track
Bridgewater Barn Pond Hall Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5PJ
Received 11 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05417
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/18/04329 - Condition 24 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy)
Land East Of Holly Lane Belstead Suffolk
Received 11 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05418
Application for approval of Reserved Matters pursuant to Outline Planning Permission DC/21/06806 dated: 16.07.2024 - Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for Phase 2C (Plot 3) - Erection of 5 no. dwellings with garages (comprising plots 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of previously approved under outline planning application DC/18/00799).
Plot 3 Land At Hadleigh Road Elmsett (in The Parish Of Aldham) IP7 6NF
Received 11 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05420
Application for Listed Building Consent - Strip and re-roof existing roof slope incorporating new vapour permeable underlay.
Corpus Christi Little St Marys Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9HY
Received 11 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05426
Application for Approval of Reserved Matters pursuant to Outline Planning Permission B/15/01718, Dated 29th March 2018 for phase IV - Town and Country Planning (Development Planning Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)- details for matters relating to Appearance, Scale, Layout and Landscaping for 269 no. residential dwellings, amenities, open space, parking and associated development details
Chilton Woods Mixed Development Land North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk
Received 11 Dec 2025 - GrantedDC/25/05430
Application for Works to Trees Subject to Tree Preservation Order ES33/A1 - T0031 Oak - remove dead limbs. T066 Oak - Remove damaged limb. T0085 Sycamore - Fell. T0095 & T0096 Sycamore - fell. T0127 Sycamore - Remove one limb delaminating at the base leaning towards the sweet chestnut. T160 Veteran Oak - Pollard at 6-7m. T0444 Apple (dead) - fell. T0046 Sycamore - fell. T1125 Oak - fell. T1224, T1226 & T1227 Oaks - Crown lift to 2.5-3m and remove lowest limb growing toward the marquee.
Building 13 2 Woolverstone Marina Cat House Lane Woolverstone Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1AS
Received 11 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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