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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 dates1,703Searchable applications
325Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 1,055 approved or refused records
133Refused applications
922 approved · 133 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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/26/00524
Householder Application. Demolition of existing garage & annexe. Construction of new cartlodge with annexe accommodation to first floor.
Sable Place Waldingfield Road Chilton Sudbury CO10 0PP
Received 9 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00528
Householder Application. Erection of rear extension and dormer window.
The Yellow House Fishponds Lane Holbrook IP9 2QZ
Received 9 Feb 2026 - RefusedDC/26/00533
Householder Application - Removal of rear single storey, single skin, flat roof extension and erection of new single storey extension within current footprint.
21 Lion Road Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7RF
Received 4 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00534
Householder Application - Installation of an external electric car Charger on its own post.
The Root Barn Lower Street Sproughton Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3AA
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00535
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1 No. Holly (T1) to 5m and thin laterals of 1 No. Cherry (T2) and reduce by 2m
Holgate Hall Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JA
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00537
Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 2 No. 9m Poles (28 DAY RESPONSE)
Alston Crescent Stanstead Suffolk
Received 3 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00538
Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 2 No. 10m Poles (28 DAY RESPONSE)
The Hill Stanstead Suffolk
Received 3 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00539
Full Planning Application - Erection of solar panel array 14 x 2M to generate electricity for domestic consumption at the dwelling.
Holt School Green Edwardstone CO10 5PJ
Received 10 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00541
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/03861 - Condition 9 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points for Plots 1-6) and Condition 12 (Bin Storage and Collection Areas).
Victoria Hall 39 New Street Sudbury Suffolk
Received 10 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00542
Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to DC/24/03861 - Changes to position of car parking spaces for plots 3, 4 and 8.
Victoria Hall 39 New Street Sudbury Suffolk
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00547
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No. Silver Birch located in front garden
2 Beaconsfield Close Sudbury Suffolk CO10 1JR
Received 10 Feb 2026 - UnknownDC/26/00548
LLBCO- Class A
101 The Street Capel St Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2EH
Received 10 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00551
Planning Application. Erection of double stable and tack room, machine store & feed store following demolition of existing stable block.
Griggs Meadow Brent Eleigh Road Monks Eleigh Suffolk
Received 10 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00559
Householder application - Erection of a part two-storey, part single-storey rear extension and a replacement front porch. Removal of existing render and replacement with lime render.
Laurels Farm Battisford Road Hitcham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7LX
Received 11 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00560
Householder application - Proposed Single Storey Side Extension and Partial Garage Conversion with Raised New Flat Roof
Penlan House 8 School Lane East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6SW
Received 11 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00561
Planning Application - Change of use and conversion of the ground floor commercial premises to residential use to form 1no dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), including minor associated internal and external alterations as per Design and Access Statement.
9 Hall Street Long Melford CO10 9JF
Received 11 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00562
Application for Listed Building Consent - Works for the conversion of the ground floor commercial premises to residential use to form 1no dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), including minor associated internal and external alterations as per Design and Access Statement.
9 Hall Street Long Melford CO10 9JF
Received 11 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00563
Submission of Details reserved by Requirements 14 Soil Management Plan (SMP) for Stage 3 of the authorised development - pursuant to The National Grid (Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024
The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00566
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/02709 - Condition 3 (Phasing Plan), 5 (Soil Vent Pipes and Meter Boxes), 10 (External Materials - Building C), 11 (Drawing Details - Building C), 12 (External Materials - Building D), 13 (Drawing Details - Building D) and 14 (Historic Floor Finishes - Building D)
Little Wenham Hall Hall Lane Wenham Parva Colchester Suffolk CO7 6PZ
Received 11 Feb 2026 - WithdrawnDC/26/00569
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).
Thomsons Farm Cock Street Leavenheath Colchester Suffolk CO6 4PJ
Received 11 Feb 2026 - RefusedDC/26/00570
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. Erection of agricultural building.
Greys Hall Greys Hall Corner Great Cornard CO10 0QG
Received 11 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00572
Approval of details reserved by Requirements 14 Soil Management Plan (SMP) for Stage 4 of the authorised development - pursuant to The National Grid (Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024
The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024
Received 10 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00574
Householder Application - Erection of single-storey rear extension.
6 Brook Hall Road Boxford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5HS
Received 11 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00575
Application for Listed Building Consent - Strengthening and repairs to rotten and leaning walls, with insulation and lath/lime plaster to elevation D only.
The Limes The Green Hartest IP29 4DH
Received 11 Feb 2026
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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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