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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.
945 approved · 143 refused · 47 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hadleigh Road Holton St Mary Part In The Parishes Of East Bergholt And Raydon Suffolk
Received 26 Jun 2026Chilton Woods Mixed Development To North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk
Received 26 Jun 2026McDonalds Restaurant Ltd Copdock Interchange Pinewood Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3TT
Received 26 Jun 2026Woodstock Cottage 76 The Street Chelsworth Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7HU
Received 26 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To Ruseley Hazel Shrub Bentley IP9 2DG IP9 2DG
Received 26 Jun 202673 - 75 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DY
Received 26 Jun 202620 Fen Street Nayland With Wissington Colchester Suffolk CO6 4HT
Received 25 Jun 2026St Marys Church Church Road Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LS
Received 29 Jun 202624 Bolton Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9RG
Received 29 Jun 2026Elizels Cottage Shimpling Road Hartest Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4ET
Received 29 Jun 2026Highbank Cottage Highfields Riding School Melford Road Sudbury Suffolk C010 1XU
Received 29 Jun 202620 Fir Tree Rise Pinewood Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3RD
Received 29 Jun 2026Nate's Barber Shop Fields Farm Park Road East Bergholt CO7 6XT
Received 29 Jun 2026Old Buckenham Hall School Brettenham Park Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PH
Received 30 Jun 2026Glenaska Hadleigh Road Elmsett Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6ND
Received 30 Jun 2026Rectory Cottage Old Rectory Lane Shimpling Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4HQ
Received 30 Jun 2026Land At Hadleigh Road Elmsett (in The Parish Of Aldham) IP7 6NF
Received 1 Jul 2026The Pumphouse Skates Hill Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7QT
Received 1 Jul 2026Greenbank Ellis Street Boxford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5HP
Received 1 Jul 2026The Coach House Hall Road Chelsworth Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7HX
Received 2 Jul 2026The Old Rectory Rectory Hill East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6TH
Received 2 Jul 20261 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland CO6 4QD
Received 2 Jul 2026Abbey House Rectory Road Newton Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0QZ
Received 2 Jul 202621 Lion Road Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7RF
Received 2 Jul 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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