Quicklinks
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The planning applications register contains information on all planning applications received since 1984.
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Application documents such as plans and application forms are only available for applications received after 24/09/07.
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Information contained on these pages must not be used as a substitute for carrying out a formal ‘Land Charge Search’. -
No responsibility will be taken for any errors or omissions in the planning history information obtained from this site.
When will I be able to see the applications?
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This online register is updated overnight so you will be able to view the application details the day after the application has been given a Statutory Start Date (Registration Date) registered and accepted as valid (complete). -
Under normal circumstances, the scanned in application documents will be able to be viewed within 5 working days of registration. If this is not available, you may wish to try a few days later, or alternatively, you will be able to view the planning application information at our Council Offices, Corks Lane, Hadleigh, IP7 6SJ or contact your Parish Council
How do I search the applications register?
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Planning reference numbers must be entered in the format B/00/00000. For example, the application B/08/00911/FUL should be entered as B/08/00911, or you can enter the last part of the number, e.g. 911, and choose the application from the list displayed.
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In order to view relating documentation (such as drawings), after searching, click on the application number and then the 'Documents' tab towards the top of the window.
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Under the ‘More Search Options’ page you can search by application number, address, parish name, weekly list date, committee dates, agent's name, application type, registration date, decision date, appeal received date, and appeal decision date.
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The wildcard on the search page is the % (percent) character. You can add a % in the middle of your search string to bring back more results.
Below are some examples of the More Search Options will best explain the power behind the search functions and the wildcard (%) symbol.
From the "More Search Options" page
Example 1: To show all applications for The High Street, Hadleigh since 2008
In the field called Registration Date From: enter 01/01/2008
In the field called Location: enter high%street%hadleigh
N.B. The search string high%st%hadleigh will bring back more results than high street hadleigh; use the % symbol to bring back more results.
Example 2: To find appeals on Listed Building Consent applications for a selected parish since 2006
In the field called Parish: select Great Cornard
In the field called Application Type: select Listed Building Consent
In the field called Registration Date From: enter 01/01/2006
In the field called Appeal Received Date From: enter 01/01/2006
Please select the attached link for a useful document containing hints and tips on how to get the most out of searching the online planning pages: Babergh District Council - Hints and Tips (PDF, 325kb)
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This service continues to be developed. Not all planning history for each site is complete. To obtain a full site history, contact Planning Control on 01473 825858.
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Only applications registered after the date of 24/09/07 have scanned in documentation available on this website.
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We are not currently able to show numbers and types of consultee and neighbour responses.
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Plans, drawings and other materials submitted to the local authority are protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Section 47). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes, and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without prior permission of the copyright owner.
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Babergh District Council reserves the right to remove or not display certain planning application information for confidentiality or other reasons. This may include sensitive personal or financial information or documents containing details of protected species. It also includes the telephone number, email address and signature of applicants.
Application Number
Each application has a unique reference number this is also the register number.
Application Type
There are a number of different types of applications; the most common are:
Householder (FHA):
Proposals to alter or enlarge a house including works to a residence, for example a new garage/outbuilding, extension, dormer window or garden wall or domestic vehicular access. Any works relating to a flat or non-residential properties should be made on a Full Planning Permission Form.
Full Planning Permission (FUL):
Proposals for building, engineering or other works, in, on, over or under land, this includes applications for change of use.
Listed Building Consent (LBC):
Proposals for the demolition of a listed building, or the alteration (including internal) or extension of a listed building in any manner which would affect its character. This could also include the decoration of a listed building and alterations/extensions to existing buildings within the curtilage of a listed building, if the curtilage building was erected in or before 1948. Some developments requiring listed building consent will also require planning permission.
Outline (OUT):
You can make an outline application to find out whether the development is acceptable in principle. Once outline permission has been granted, you will need to ask for approval of the details (reserved matters application) before work can start. Outline planning permission can be sought for the erection of buildings. Outline planning permission cannot be sought for change of use, unless the proposals include the erection of a building or buildings.
Reserved Matters (RES):
These comprise siting, design, external appearance, means of access and landscaping and are required to be submitted following the grant of an outline planning permission. The proposal must be consistent with the outline permission.
Date Received
The date the application was received by the Council.
Statutory Start Date (Registration Date)
When a planning application is submitted, the information which makes up the application, such as the drawings and application form, will be checked to make sure it is accurate and all the information needed to consider the application has been provided.
The statutory start date (also known as the Registration Date) is the day after the council receives all the plans/documentation needed to meet the minimum requirements for the application to be considered.
The minimum requirements vary depending on what is being proposed and the application type, for more information please see the Validation Document
When the information submitted is not sufficient to consider the application, the application will be deemed ‘invalid’. The Council will request the information needed to make the application valid. The statutory start date will be the date when sufficient information is received by the Council to meet the minimum requirements.
If during the course of the application it is found that further information is required, for example, the site visit made by the Planning Officer may reveal a site specific issue such as bats or important trees for which particular surveys may be required, the Council may invalidate the application and write to direct for the submission of additional information. The statutory start date would then be restarted (and re-set) from the date that the additional information was received.
Consultation Start Date
This is the date when consultees (such as neighbours, the Parish/Town Council or the Local Highway Authority) are sent details of the planning application so that they are able to comment on what is proposed. The Comment on a Planning Application page contains advice on how to comment. The application will be put on the public register held at the Council Offices so that anyone who wishes to can view the planning application. The application documents will also appear on the Council’s website, although it may take a few days for the details to appear. The consultation period will normally run for 21 days from the consultation start date.
Statutory Consultation Period Expires
This date is 21 days from either; the date the application appears in the East Anglian Times; the Consultation Start Date; or the Site Notice Date, which ever is later.
Statutory Expiry Date for Decision
This is the date that the Council is expected to have made its decision. For most applications it is 8 weeks from the registration (validation) date, however with more major applications, the expiry date will be 13 weeks and16 weeks for applications which are accompanied by and Environmental Statement.
Sometimes, due to the nature of the application or the need to obtain further information, the expiry date may change. If the Council is in a position to make a decision in time it will normally do so. The Council will also aim to make the decision before the expiry date (but after the consultation period has finished).
If the application cannot be determined within the statutory time scale, the Case Officer will be able to explain the reasons why and will endeavour to relay these to the applicant or their agent during the course of consideration of the application. This is normally because of negotiations generating a need for amendments to be submitted or perhaps to enable a Legal Agreement to be completed.
Location
This is the location of the proposed development as detailed on the application form.
Parish
This is the parish of the proposed development.
Proposal
This is a brief description of the proposed works.
Case Officer
Each application is allocated to a case officer (the planning officer) upon being registered.
Status On the Web:
Application Registered
The is the period of time between registration and public notification
Consultation Period
The period of time between the Statutory Start Date and the Statutory Consultation Period Expiry date.
Awaiting Decision
The period of time after the consultation period expires and before a decision is made.
Decided
A decision has been issued by the Council.
Appeal
An appeal has been lodged against the Council’s decision and the appeal is waiting a decision from the Planning Inspectorate.
Agent
If the application has been submitted by an agent i.e. someone who is acting on the applicant’s behalf then their details will be shown. All correspondence, including the decision letter will be sent to an agent.
Applicant
These are the details of the person/s making the application.
Press Date
This is the date of the publication of the press notice in the local newspaper - The East Anglian Daily Times. Not all applications need to be publicised in this way. The need for a press notice is determined by statutory requirements which include whether:
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The application is within a conservation area
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The application would affect the setting of a listed building
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The application is for works to a listed building
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The application is a major application (10 residential units or more or 1000sqm or above of commercial floor space)
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The application is an obvious departure from the Babergh District Local Plan
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The application affects a Public Right of Way
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The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement
Site Notice Date
This is the date the site notice was posted. All proposals with the exception of the following will have a site notice displayed in a prominent position at or close to the site:
TCA: Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
TPO: Works to Trees which have a Tree Preservation Order
ADV: Advert Consent
AGD: Agricultural Determination (1st stage)
CEU: Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development
CPU: Certificate of Lawful of Proposed Use of Development
ELE: Electricity Applications
TEL: Telecommunications Applications
Neighbours and Representatives
All properties with an adjoining boundary are consulted for views on applications. A period of 21 days is provided for the submission of representations which must be in writing. On occasions late replies may be taken into account, provided they are received before a decision is made. You do not need to have received a ‘neighbour notification’ letter to comment on an application. The Comment on a Planning Application page contains advice on how to comment and an e-form to enable you to do so from the website.
Committee Site Visit Date
In some cases, officers or the Development Committee, or the District Councillor for that area, may request that the Development Committee Members make a site visit before they consider an application. This site visit is not a public meeting and is intended to allow Members of the Development Committee to see the site. It is not an opportunity for any persons or Members to discuss the application. Members do not debate the merits of the proposals at the site visit and do not take representations from third parties about the merits of a scheme.
Site visits by the Development Committee are infrequent as in most circumstances the photographs and description of the site and proposal formulated by the Case Officer will be sufficient for the Development Committee to make an accurate judgement of an application.
Committee Meeting Date
Most applications submitted to the Council can be determined by the Chief Planning Control Officer under his delegated authority.
Sometimes it will be necessary to refer the application to the Development Committee. The committee is comprised of Local Councillors who meet once every 4 weeks to determine those planning applications which are outside the scheme of delegation. These are normally the larger or more controversial applications.
Committee Information including dates, minutes and agendas can be found in the Committee Pages of our website.
For information on attending Committee meetings and entitlement to speak at the Committee meeting, please visit the Have your say page.
Decision Level:
Delegated or Committee
The planning department receives hundreds of planning applications each year ranging from conservatories to factories. It would be impractical and time consuming for all of these applications to be presented to the Development Committee for a decision. Therefore the Council has provided the Chief Planning Control Officer with delegated authority to determine some applications on their behalf without the need to refer the application to Development Committee. Members are sent a list of all applications received each week so that they are aware of applications being considered at any one time.
The Case Officer dealing with your application cannot make the final decision on it; they will make a recommendation which will be countersigned by a Senior Officer under the Councils scheme of delegation. Where an application is referred to the Development Committee, a recommended decision will be made by the Chief Planning Control Officer but it is the Development Committee who makes the final decision. In both instances it is the Council making the decision. See the Councils Constitution - Part 5 Codes and Protocols for more information.
Date Decision Made
The date the decision was made on the application.
Date Decision Dispatched
The date the decision notice was issued. The Council will aim to issue the decision on the same day that the decision is made and in any event within 2 working days thereafter.
Conditions or Reasons
If a planning application is approved it common for it to be subject to conditions, for example the Council may wish to see a sample of the materials to be the used or the species of trees/plants proposed for a landscaping scheme. Often the conditions will need to be discharged before any works can begin, an additional fee is normally required. If you are in any doubt you should check with the Case Officer.
If the application is refused the Council will clearly set out the reasons why on the decision notice.
Informative Notes
It may be necessary for the decision to include informative notes in respect of matters associated with the application. These are for information purposes only and do not form part of formal conditions which a decision is bound by (for example we may advise an applicant they need Building Regulation approval).
Appeal Received Date
This is the date an appeal was received against either the refusal of planning permission or against conditions set in an approval of the planning permission. Appeals are made to the Planning Inspectorate.
Appeal Decision
Details the appeal decision type issued by the Planning Inspectorate, appeal decisions are published on the Planning Portal appeals page.
Appeal Decision Date
This is the date an appeal was decided.
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