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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.
935 approved · 137 refused · 45 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Vine Cottage Alton Green Holbrook Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2RN
Received 22 Apr 2026Braham Hall Brantham Hill Brantham Manningtree Suffolk CO11 1NN
Received 22 Apr 2026Braham Hall Brantham Hill Brantham Manningtree Suffolk CO11 1NN
Received 22 Apr 2026Peppertree Farm House Cooks Green Hitcham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7NY
Received 22 Apr 2026Peppertree Farm House Cooks Green Hitcham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7NY
Received 22 Apr 2026Enniskillen Lodge The Street Little Waldingfield Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0SU
Received 22 Apr 2026Bower House Tye Polstead Suffolk CO6 5DD
Received 23 Apr 2026Verge At Church Field Road By Waldingfield Road Chilton CO10 2DZ
Received 23 Apr 2026Barn Cottage Barn Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9RB
Received 23 Apr 2026Barn Cottage Barn Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9RB
Received 23 Apr 2026Os The Laurels Upper Street Layham Layham
Received 24 Apr 2026Chestnut Cottage The Street Kettlebaston Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7QA
Received 24 Apr 2026Brookland Farm Brantham Hill Brantham Manningtree Suffolk CO11 1ST
Received 24 Apr 2026Geest House Hadleigh Road Sproughton IP2 0DH
Received 24 Apr 2026Cocks Green House Mills Lane Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0AD
Received 27 Apr 2026Land To The West Of Mill Street, Directly Adjacent To The North Side Of The Mill Stream.
Received 27 Apr 2026Willow Cottage 32 Stone Street Boxford CO10 5NR
Received 27 Apr 2026Willow Cottage 32 Stone Street Boxford CO10 5NR
Received 27 Apr 2026Ormiston Sudbury Academy Tudor Road Sudbury Suffolk CO10 1NW
Received 27 Apr 2026Enniskillen Lodge The Street Little Waldingfield Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0SU
Received 22 Apr 2026Red House Barn Ipswich Road Nedging With Naughton IP7 7BN
Received 27 Apr 2026The Stone Felsham Road Thorpe Morieux Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0PH
Received 27 Apr 2026Edge Hall 2 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5AP
Received 27 Apr 2026Hawthorns Calais Street Boxford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5JA
Received 27 Apr 2026Records 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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