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Babergh

In the last 12 months, 87.1% of householder applications were approved in Babergh (31 decided). A typical householder decision takes about thirteen weeks (median 90 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-07–2026-02-25): 92.3% of 1,418 decisions approved.

1,541Total applications
1,309Approved
109Refused
81Withdrawn
5Pending
92.3%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
1,541Not Available
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 389 348 41
89.5%
Discharge of Conditions 303 291 12
96.0%
Full Planning Application 212 180 32
84.9%
Tree Works (TPO) 204 201 3
98.5%
Listed Building Consent 178 168 10
94.4%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 55 53 2
96.4%
Prior Approval (Other) 24 23 1
95.8%
Development by statutory undertaker 18 17 1
94.4%
Advertisement Consent 8 6 2
75.0%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 8 8 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 6 2 4
33.3%
Reserved Matters 3 3 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 2 1 1
50.0%
Enforcement 2 2 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 2 2 0
100.0%
County Reg 3 1 1 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 1 1 0
100.0%
Change of Use 1 1 0
100.0%
Modify or Discharge S106 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 167 152
91.0%
2023-Q4 129 116
89.9%
2024-Q1 160 145
90.6%
2024-Q2 127 118
92.9%
2024-Q3 125 114
91.2%
2024-Q4 144 132
91.7%
2025-Q1 173 160
92.5%
2025-Q2 122 116
95.1%
2025-Q3 85 79
92.9%
2025-Q4 23 19
82.6%
2026-Q1 6 6
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Bures St Mary & Nayland 116 109 7
94.0%
Box Vale 110 107 3
97.3%
Brett Vale 103 98 5
95.1%
Long Melford 102 94 8
92.2%
Lavenham 95 88 7
92.6%
South East Cosford 82 77 5
93.9%
Copdock & Washbrook 80 72 8
90.0%
Sudbury South West 67 65 2
97.0%
Hadleigh South 63 54 9
85.7%
North West Cosford 60 51 9
85.0%
East Bergholt 56 54 2
96.4%
Sudbury North West 53 51 2
96.2%
Planning guides

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