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Planning appeals in Babergh District Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Babergh District Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 452 planning appeals in Babergh District Council since 2016, of which 28% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 43 decisions, 33% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 30 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

461

appeals on record since 2016

28%

of decided appeals allowed

30 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 33% allowed

By appeal type

Householder82 decided

40% allowed

Minor313 decided

26% allowed

Major19 decided

21% allowed

Commercial3 decided

0% allowed

Enforcement12 decided

8% allowed

Other29 decided

28% allowed

Not classified3 decided

33% allowed

By procedure

Written representations436 decided

27% allowed

Hearings15 decided

33% allowed

Inquiries10 decided

30% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 33 · 36% allowed 2025 · 49 · 29% allowed 2024 · 59 · 30% allowed 2023 · 55 · 21% allowed 2022 · 37 · 26% allowed 2021 · 39 · 15% allowed 2020 · 53 · 23% allowed 2019 · 63 · 25% allowed 2018 · 24 · 46% allowed 2017 · 34 · 33% allowed 2016 · 15 · 53% allowed

Latest decisions in Babergh District Council

Allowed7 October 2026· minor6011354
Land at Junction of Friars Street and Church Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AJ
the erection of two-storey dwelling
Allowed16 September 2026· householder6013583
57 Vale View Road, Sproughton, Ipswich, IP8 3FS
Two-storey extension to the rear of the property
Dismissed16 September 2026· householder6011384
34 Aldham Road, Hadleigh, IP7 6BP
Rear two-storey extension with ground floor kitchen, utility, w/c and dining room, and first floor new bedrooms and ensuite
Allowed7 August 2026· minor6007359
Oaks Farm, Hadleigh Road, Holton St Mary, CO7 6NW
an application for outline planning permission for the erection of 2 no. dwellings with means of access to be considered
Dismissed5 August 2026· major6005638
Land East of Capel Road, Bentley, IP9 2DN
Outline Planning Application (Access to be considered, all other matters reserved) - Erection of 18 no. dwellings (including 12 no. affordable units and public open space)
Dismissed23 July 20266003689
St Bartholomews Priory, St Bartholomews Lane, Sudbury, CO10 1XP
a new vehicular access
Dismissed15 July 2026· major3370515
Grove Solar Farm, Bentley, IP9 2BZ
being for the construction of a solar farm (up to 40 MW export capacity) with ancillary infrastructure and cabling, DNO substation, customer substation and construction of new and altered vehicular accesses
Dismissed14 July 2026· minor6006306
Land At Sheepwash, Cat House Lane, Woolverstone, IP9 1DQ
the erection of 1 no. dwelling
Allowed26 June 20266005765
Brett Vale House, Noaks Road, Raydon, IP7 5LR
Provision of 9No. Holiday Lodges with parking without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/25/0113, dated 22/07/2025
Dismissed12 June 20266004370
10 Rose Farm Cottages, Rose Farm Lane, Ipswich, IP9 1PH
Demolition of existing one bedroom Annex and construction of a new two-bedroom Annex with parking. The application site comprises of a single storey dwelling located on the northern shore of the River Stour
Dismissed2 June 2026· householder6007237
Woodnook, Lower Street, Stanstead, Sudbury, CO10 9AW
an attached front double garage
Allowed5 May 2026· minor6003640
Former Ambulance Station, Duckamere, Bramford, Suffolk, IP8 4AJ
the erection of 8no bungalows, following demolition of disused St John Ambulance Station and Priory House offices. Construction of new estate road access within existing highway frontage, following stopping up of existing access. Construction 2no additional vehicular accesses to serve proposed Plots 1 and 8
Notice varied and upheld27 April 2026· enforcement3331675
Land East of the Brambles, Rockalls Road, Polstead, Suffolk, CO6 5AS
the unauthorised operational development involving the erection of two buildings, in the approximate location edged in blue on the attached notice plan and the material change of use of the land for use as a Wellness Retreat Centre
Notice varied and upheld21 April 2026· enforcement3376612
30 Edies Lane, Leavenheath, Suffolk, CO6 4PA
Notice varied and upheld21 April 2026· enforcement3376611
30 Edies Lane, Leavenheath, Colchester, Suffolk, CO6 4PA
Unauthorised operational development involving the erection of a building and shed, and unauthorised material change of use of land for residential purposes

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.