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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.
895 approved · 128 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Chilton Woods Mixed Development Land North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2025Land To The North And South Of Hadleigh Road Sproughton Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2025Land To The North And South Of Hadleigh Road Sproughton Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2025Land To The North And South Of Hadleigh Road Sproughton Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2025The Granary Quay Lane Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2AN
Received 19 Dec 2025The Granary Quay Lane Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2AN
Received 19 Dec 2025Graylings 5 Prentice Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9RD
Received 19 Dec 2025Hanwell House Hall Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JL
Received 19 Dec 2025The Old Post Office Whatfield Road Elmsett Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6NA
Received 19 Dec 2025The Old Manse High Street Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JG
Received 22 Dec 2025Bypass Nurseries London Road Capel St Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2JR
Received 22 Dec 2025Wagger Farm Monks Eleigh Road Kettlebaston Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7QG
Received 22 Dec 2025Wattisham Airfield Roman Road Great Bricett Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2025Mace Green Farm Wenham Road Copdock And Washbrook Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3EY
Received 22 Dec 2025Land North And South Of Brettenham Road, Cross Green Hitcham IP7 7NT
Received 23 Dec 2025The Red Lion The Street East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6TB
Received 22 Dec 2025Oaks Farm Hadleigh Road Holton St Mary Suffolk
Received 23 Dec 2025Patches House Cavendish Lane Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7PZ
Received 23 Dec 202510 Chequers Lane Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7PW
Received 23 Dec 2025Enniskillen Lodge The Street Little Waldingfield Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0SU
Received 23 Dec 2025The Tudor Barn Belstead Hall Bucks Horns Lane Belstead Suffolk
Received 23 Dec 2025Enniskillen Lodge The Street Little Waldingfield Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0SU
Received 23 Dec 2025Enniskillen Lodge The Street Little Waldingfield Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0SU
Received 23 Dec 2025Higham Vineyard Hadleigh Road Higham Suffolk
Received 23 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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