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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Babergh District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
878 approved · 127 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
3 Thorney Road Capel St Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2HL
Received 16 Dec 202581 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5EA
Received 16 Dec 202581 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5EA
Received 16 Dec 2025Land North Of Jubilee Road, Adjacent To Uplands, Sudbury CO10 1NG
Received 16 Dec 2025Village Hall The Green Newton Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0QY
Received 16 Dec 2025Everton Villa Rodbridge Hill Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9HF
Received 16 Dec 2025Chilton Woods Mixed Development To North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk
Received 16 Dec 2025Land To The South Of Thompson And Morgan Poplar Lane Sproughton Suffolk
Received 16 Dec 2025Highcliff Veterinary Practice 96 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5EN
Received 17 Dec 2025Valley Farm House Valley Road Newton Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0QQ
Received 17 Dec 2025Crowe Hall Farm Crowe Hall Lane Stutton Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2SH
Received 17 Dec 2025Hadleigh Hall Flats Pound Lane Hadleigh Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2025Oakheart Holbrook Road Stutton Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2RY
Received 17 Dec 2025Bridge House Horkesley Road Nayland With Wissington Colchester Suffolk CO6 4JN
Received 18 Dec 2025Bridge House Horkesley Road Nayland With Wissington Colchester Suffolk CO6 4JN
Received 18 Dec 2025Hill Farm Lavenham Road Brent Eleigh Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9PB
Received 18 Dec 202510 Anson Drive Shotley Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1FE
Received 18 Dec 2025The Gables 4 The Street Assington Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5LH
Received 18 Dec 2025Land Opposite The Old Forge The Street Chelsworth Suffolk
Received 18 Dec 2025Units 11-13, Eastern Gateway Western Avenue Sproughton Suffolk
Received 18 Dec 2025Land East Of Artiss Close And Rotheram Road Bildeston Suffolk
Received 18 Dec 2025Barnfield Upper Street Stanstead Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9AU
Received 18 Dec 2025Buxtons Old Bury Road Alpheton Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9BT
Received 19 Dec 20253 Woodlands Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6JR
Received 19 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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