THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

• PLANNING WATCH — 89 planning decisions reported since our last issue, alongside 70 applications of note validated (full detail below) • IN THE CHAMBER — Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee reviews Housing Solutions Annual Report • YOUR MONEY — Mid Suffolk awards contract for Stowmarket fire escape works • JOBS & TENDERS — BMSDC seeks contractors for kitchens and bathrooms works worth up to £12m • THE COUNTDOWN — 583 days to April 2028

NUMBER OF THE WEEK: £12m — the top of the estimated combined contract value for Babergh and Mid Suffolk's joint Kitchens and Bathrooms refurbishment tender, now open on Suffolk Sourcing.

IN THE CHAMBER

JOINT OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE — HOUSING SOLUTIONS ANNUAL REPORT

The Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on 17 August 2026 and considered the Housing Solutions Annual Report. Of four recommendations put to the committee, recommendation 1.1 — to explore short-term contracts and house-share tenancy arrangements for Babergh — was rejected. Minutes of the committee's previous meeting, held 13 July 2026, were confirmed and signed as a true record by a vote of seven in favour, one abstention.

Source: Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee, 17 August 2026

YOUR MONEY

MID SUFFOLK AWARDS CONTRACT FOR STOWMARKET FIRE ESCAPE WORKS

Mid Suffolk District Council's Director of Housing approved the award of a contract to construct an external fire escape path at a council-owned property in Stowmarket. The decision, taken on 24 August 2026 and published on 26 August 2026, delivers works required under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 through a compliant procurement process.

Source: MSDC officer delegated decision, published 26 August 2026

PLANNING WATCH

This section covers applications with potential significance for residents, businesses, or the wider area. The full list of all validated applications — including householder extensions, tree works, and minor works — is searchable at the Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal. Comments on newly validated applications are typically open for 21 days from the validation date, via the portal.

BILDESTON — Full Planning - Change of use, cartlodge, gates, fence (Change of use)

An application has been granted for Woodlands Farm Bildeston Road Ringshall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LY. Full Planning - Change of use, cartlodge, gates, fence. Reference DC/26/02564. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

EAST BERGHOLT — Full Planning Application - Conversion of former telephone exchange to dwelling, including single st... (Change of use)

An application has been validated for Former Telephone Exchange Cemetery Lane East Bergholt Suffolk. Full Planning Application - Conversion of former telephone exchange to dwelling, including single storey rear extension, along with change of use of adjacent land to form gardens. Reference DC/26/03420. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

NAUGHTON — Full Planning - Demolish storage, erect 2-storey office/storage (Commercial/agricultural development)

An application has been granted for Unit 9 Crowcroft Road Industrial Estate Nedging With Naughton Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7HR. Full Planning - Demolish storage, erect 2-storey office/storage. Reference DC/26/01829. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

NEWTON — Full Planning Application - Change of use of existing ancillary annexe to form 1no. independent dwel... (Change of use)

An application has been validated for West Barn, Dagworth Hall Barns Dagworth Lane Old Newton Suffolk IP14 3QN. Full Planning Application - Change of use of existing ancillary annexe to form 1no. independent dwelling. Reference DC/26/03440. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

SUDBURY — Modification of a Section 106 Planning Obligation - variation of S106 legal agreement dated 29 March... (S106 agreement)

An application has been validated for Chilton Woods Mixed Development Land North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk. Modification of a Section 106 Planning Obligation - variation of S106 legal agreement dated 29 March 2018 (as varied 7 September 2023) relating to Planning Permission B/15/01718. Reference DC/26/03450. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

TATTINGSTONE — Section 73 variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) on the approved plans under the parent permissi... (S73 variation of condition)

An application has been validated for Keepers Farm Cox Hall Road Tattingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2NS. Section 73 variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) on the approved plans under the parent permission - single storey rear extension, first floor front/side extension, roof alterations, new private treatment plant. Reference DC/26/03459. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

WHERSTEAD — EIA Screening Opinion Reg 6 - Wind turbine and infrastructure (Major — EIA)

An application has been recorded for Land At Port Of Ipswich Opposite The Strand Wherstead Suffolk. EIA Screening Opinion Reg 6 - Wind turbine and infrastructure. Reference DC/26/03279. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

BADWELL ASH — Full Planning - Change of use, agricultural barn to Aesthetics Clinic (Class E) (Change of use)

An application has been validated for Land Adjacent To Moat House Badwell Green Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JG. Full Planning - Change of use, agricultural barn to Aesthetics Clinic (Class E). Reference DC/26/03405. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

IXWORTH — Reserved Matters pursuant to Outline the approved outline permission (2 dwellings) - Erection of 1no... (Reserved matters)

An application has been validated for Land West Of Ixworth Road Norton Suffolk. Reserved Matters pursuant to Outline the approved outline permission (2 dwellings) - Erection of 1no. dwelling on Plot 11. Reference DC/26/03470. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

NEEDHAM MARKET — Full Planning - Retrospective subdivision, car showroom to 3 Class E units (Change of use)

An application has been validated for Car Sales At Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EG. Full Planning - Retrospective subdivision, car showroom to 3 Class E units. Reference DC/26/03574. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

STANTON — Reserved Matters pursuant to Outline the approved outline permission (5no. self-build dwellings) - E... (Reserved matters)

An application has been validated for Land At Stanton Street Ixworth Road Norton IP31 3LJ. Reserved Matters pursuant to Outline the approved outline permission (5no. self-build dwellings) - Erection of 1no. self-build dwelling and garage on Plot 13. Reference DC/26/03471. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

STOWMARKET — Full Application - Change of use of part of existing adjacent agricultural use to private domestic g... (Change of use)

An application has been validated for Wetherden Lodge Elmswell Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LG. Full Application - Change of use of part of existing adjacent agricultural use to private domestic garden, and associated works. Reference DC/26/03409. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

YAXLEY — Full Planning Application - Erection of 1No. wind turbine and associated infrastructure (Accompanied... (Major — EIA)

An application has been validated for Cranswick House Oaksmere Business Park Eye Airfield Industrial Estate Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BW. Full Planning Application - Erection of 1No. wind turbine and associated infrastructure (Accompanied by EIA Statement). Reference DC/26/03419. Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

BABERGH: LISTED BUILDING CONSENT ROUND-UP

Further LBC applications validated or decided since our last issue:

• Listed Building Consent - New gates and boundary fence (companion), Bildeston (DC/26/02539)
• Listed Building Consent - Installation of ASHP (companion to above), Bildeston (DC/26/03164)
• Listed Building Consent - Temporary sauna/plunge pool structure, Freston — withdrawn (DC/26/02625)
• Listed Building Consent - First floor rear extension, Hadleigh — refused (DC/26/02362; companion application DC/26/02359)
• Listed Building Consent - Demolition of extension, new extension (companion), Hadleigh (DC/26/02607)
• Listed Building Consent - Replacement external render, oak frame repairs, Kettlebaston (DC/26/03634)
• Listed Building Consent - Replacement of existing rear extensions with new single storey extension and minor internal alterations (companion DC/26/03394), Lavenham (DC/26/03395)
• Listed Building Consent - Double glazed window/door units replacement, Lavenham (DC/26/03515)
• Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of roof, Monks Eleigh (DC/26/01580)
• Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of first floor rear window, Polstead (DC/26/03428)
• Listed Building Consent - Roofing works, Stratford St Mary — granted (DC/26/03026)
• Listed Building Consent - Replace door, hardwood stable-style, Sudbury — granted (DC/26/02616)
• Listed Building Consent - Conversion of building to dwelling (resubmission), Sudbury (DC/26/03106)
• Listed Building Consent - replacement of damaged first floor timber window, Sudbury (DC/26/03345)

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

BABERGH: NEW HOMES ROUND-UP

Further new dwelling applications validated or decided since our last issue:

• Planning Application - Erection of 1no. self-build dwelling on land forming part of a site with planning permission for 2no dwellings, Chelmondiston (DC/26/03388)
• Full Planning Application - Conversion and extension of garage to form self-build dwelling, Cockfield (DC/26/03365)
• Full Planning Application - Erection of 1no. self-build replacement dwelling and two outbuildings (garage and carport); reconfiguration of vehicular access, Sproughton (DC/26/03448)
• Planning Application. Construction of 2no dwellings with associated access, landscaping and infrastructure works, Stoke By Nayland (DC/26/03446)
• Planning - Conversion of building to dwelling (resubmission, companion), Sudbury (DC/26/03105)
• Full Planning Application - Erection of 2no. detached dwellings and garages following demolition of existing buildings, Sudbury (DC/26/03408)
• Full Planning - Erection of 5 two storey dwellings, boundary wall restoration, Sudbury (DC/26/03567)

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

BABERGH: NEW POLES AND STRUCTURES ROUND-UP

Further stat undertaker new structure applications validated or decided since our last issue:

• Statutory undertaker - Erection of 1 No. 13m Light pole, Bildeston (DC/26/03619)
• Statutory undertaker - Installation of 1 Cable on wall with fixtures, Cockfield (DC/26/03048)
• Statutory undertaker - Install 1 No. 10m Light Wooden Pole, Hadleigh (DC/26/03060)
• Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 1 No. 12m Light Wooden pole, Hadleigh (DC/26/03343)
• Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 1 No. 9m pole, Stanstead (DC/26/03407)

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

MID SUFFOLK: LISTED BUILDING CONSENT ROUND-UP

Further LBC applications validated or decided since our last issue:

• Listed Building Consent - removal of two casement windows and rear door, workshop/utility to playroom conversion, bi-folding doors, Badwell Ash (DC/26/03380)
• Listed Building Consent - single-storey side extension, hallway alterations, new hedge row, retrospective approval for existing gates (companion DC/26/03422), Denham (DC/26/03423)
• Listed Building Consent - fitment of 30 solar panels (15+15) on extension roofs, 30kWh battery in garage (companion DC/26/03361), Drinkstone (DC/26/03362)
• Listed Building Consent - Renovation/alterations to interior, Eye (DC/26/03616)
• Listed Building Consent - Refurbish main roof, Harleston — granted (DC/26/02753)
• Listed Building Consent - Fibre broadband upgrade from copper, Hessett — granted (DC/26/02824)
• Listed Building Consent - Demolition of lean-to, replacement extension, Horham (DC/26/03587)
• Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement 1No. fascia sign and 1No. projecting sign with revised business details, Needham Market (DC/26/03534)
• Listed Building Consent - New front garden wall/gate, Nettlestead — granted (DC/26/02591)
• Listed Building Consent - structural repairs: acro-prop support, sole plate/brickwork replacement, render repairs, window/door renewal, small upstairs toilet, Palgrave (DC/26/03427)
• Listed Building Consent - Replace 5 casement windows, Stonham Aspal — granted (DC/26/02843)
• Listed Building Consent - Repair cracking, lime mortar/render, Stowmarket — granted (DC/26/02770)
• Listed Building Consent - Renovation, rear extension, cart lodge, Stowmarket (DC/26/03507)
• Listed Building Consent - Replace failed render with lime render, timber repairs, Stowmarket (DC/26/03545)
• Listed Building Consent - Replace two side windows, Stuston — granted (DC/26/02967)
• Listed Building Consent - 10 PV panels on annex roof (companion), Wattisfield (DC/26/03521)
• Listed Building Consent - Install 20x DMEGC 470W solar panels and a Fox ESS EP12 battery storage system on an annexe building (companion DC/26/03441), Worlingworth (DC/26/03442)
• Listed Building Consent - Replacement render to elevations, Wyverstone (DC/26/03632)

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

MID SUFFOLK: COMMERCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL ROUND-UP

Further commercial agricultural applications validated or decided since our last issue:

• Full Planning Application - Erection of two-storey extension to office building, Claydon (DC/26/03485)
• Class B8 Open Storage Yard and Distribution use, with ancillary warehouse, offices and parking, plus extension of existing estate road, Little Blakenham (DC/26/03368)
• Full Planning - Erection of storage shed, Rattlesden (DC/26/03240)
• Planning - Construction of car park and EV charging, Stowmarket (DC/26/03536)

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

MID SUFFOLK: NEW HOMES ROUND-UP

Further new dwelling applications validated or decided since our last issue:

• Full Planning - Self build dwellinghouse, demolish cartlodge, Barham — refused (DC/25/05610)
• Permission in Principle - 1-9 self/custom-build dwellings, Elmswell (DC/26/03492)
• Full Planning Application - Erection of 1no. one and half storey dwelling using existing access. (re-submission of an earlier approved permission), Stowmarket (DC/26/03314)
• Planning - Conversion of 2 Nissen huts, agricultural to 2 dwellings, Weybread (DC/26/03454)

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

MID SUFFOLK: NEW POLES AND STRUCTURES ROUND-UP

Further stat undertaker new structure applications validated or decided since our last issue:

• Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 1no. 9m pole, Coddenham (DC/26/03683)
• Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Installation of a 13.45 metre high smart metering radio mast, Debenham (DC/26/03461)
• Statutory Undertaker - Install HV pole, transformer, underground cable, Eye (DC/26/03577)
• Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 5 No. 9m light wooden poles, Ixworth (DC/26/03190)
• Statutory Undertaker - Erection of a 10m pole (Electronic Comms Code), Wingfield (DC/26/03055)

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk planning portal

PLANNING WATCH — FULL REGISTER

Every other planning application validated or decided since our last issue, listed for completeness with a short note of what each is. Householder extensions, condition discharges, tree works, certificates of lawfulness, non-material amendments, advertisement consents, and like-for-like statutory-undertaker apparatus all appear here rather than as individual items above.

BABERGH

Alpheton

• Condition discharge — Condition 3 (Brickwork Panel) and 4 (Bricks and Mortar Mix) (DC/26/03435)

Bentley

• Householder — Single storey rear + 2-storey side extensions — withdrawn (DC/26/02385)
• Householder — Garden shed, garden room, AC units (DC/26/03593)

Bildeston

• Householder — Installation of ASHP (DC/26/03163)
• Tree works — Works to trees Conservation Area - Reduce/reshape/fell various (DC/26/03580)

Boxted

• Prior approval — Class Q - Barn 1 to 1 dwellinghouse — granted (DC/26/02656)

Brantham

• Condition discharge — various conditions (BNG etc) (DC/26/02298)
• Condition discharge — Condition 5, BNG condition — granted (DC/26/02571)

Bures

• Statutory undertaker — Upgrade overhead line network (DC/26/03561)

Burstall

• Prior approval — Class 6 Agricultural - Steel portal framed building (DC/26/03508)

Capel St Mary

• Householder — Two storey extension and detached double garage — granted (DC/26/02528)
• Householder — Detached cartlodge, driveway alterations — granted (DC/26/02709)

Chelmondiston

• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Garage conversion (DC/26/02584)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 4,10,11 (Water/Lighting) (DC/26/03562)

Chelsworth

• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4,5,6 (Timber/Brick/Insulation) (DC/26/02832)

Chilton

• Condition discharge — Conditions 28,30 (Pitch/Athletics Arena) — granted (DC/26/03565)

Copdock

• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - Mobile POS device — refused (DC/26/02754)

East Bergholt

• Householder — Section 73 the earlier permission Condition 2 - Householder porch extension — granted (DC/26/02644)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,7,12 — granted (DC/26/02716)
• Householder — Erection of pub garden shelter (retention of) (DC/26/03447)
• Non-material amendment — window/ASHP/door changes (DC/26/03553)
• Prior approval — Class Q - Agricultural barn to 2 dwellings (DC/26/03564)
• Householder — Ground/first floor/roof extensions, detached garage/cartlodge (DC/26/03599)

Elmsett

• Householder — Erection of single storey extension (DC/26/02526)
• Non-material amendment — Revised cart lodge location/size — granted (DC/26/03413)

Freston

• Tree works — Works to Trees TPO ES33/A1 - Fell 3 No. Holm Oak (DC/26/03595)

Glemsford

• Tree works — Fell 8 No. Conifers (Leyland cypress) (DC/26/03415)
• Householder — Pent roof garden room/office (DC/26/03590)

Great Cornard

• Householder — Erection of single storey rear extension — granted (DC/26/02673)
• Householder — erection of front porch and replacement detached garage following demolition of existing (DC/26/03035)
• Tree works — Works to Trees TPO BT225/T1 - Fell 1 Ash (DC/26/03579)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Mobile home incidental to main dwelling (DC/26/03640)

Hadleigh

• Commercial/agricultural — Erection of detached single storey building, takeaway — refused (DC/26/02117)
• Householder — Demolition of extension, erection of new extension, window (DC/26/02606)
• Condition discharge — Discharge of Conditions the earlier permission & the earlier permission various conditions, plot 05 (DC/26/02808)
• Non-material amendment — Non-Material Amendment relating to B/16/00760 - use of SSQ Del Carmen First roof slate tiles... (DC/26/03434)
• Non-material amendment — Amend roof configuration on plots 227-234 (8 plots) from pitched to hipped roofs — granted (DC/26/03487)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Surface Water Drainage) (DC/26/03618)

Hartest

• Householder — Householder (Retrospective) - EV Charger on hardwood post — granted (DC/26/02533)
• Householder — single-storey flat roof extension, window upgrades, colour change, air source heat pump (DC/26/03414)
• Condition discharge — Condition 5 (Window Details) (DC/26/03472)

Holbrook

• Householder — Demolition of kitchen, two storey extension (DC/26/02470)

Kersey

• Condition discharge — Conditions 4,6,7,10 — granted (DC/26/01881)

Lavenham

• Listed building consent — Small fibre broadband box installation — granted (DC/26/01817)
• Tree works — Works to Trees TPO WS41/A1 - Crown lift 1 No. Lime — granted (DC/26/02863)
• Tree works — Works to Trees Conservation Area - Fell Thuja and Bay Tree (DC/26/02910)
• Tree works — Works to Trees Conservation Area - Pollard/reduce/fell various (DC/26/02966)
• Tree works — Remove/pollard Sycamores, wall damage (DC/26/03005)
• Tree works — Works to Trees TPO WS41 - Fell 1 No. Ash and 1 No. Horse Chestnut — granted (DC/26/03099)
• Condition discharge — BNG condition — granted (DC/26/03204)

Lawshall

• Residential — Erection of self build single storey dwelling — granted (DC/26/01476)
• Residential — Erection of 1 Self-build Dwelling — refused (DC/26/01710)
• Condition discharge — multiple conditions (DC/26/02642)

Layham

• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Commencement of Approved Development the earlier permission (DC/26/02893)

Leavenheath

• Residential — Continued use as dwellinghouse, outbuildings, garden — granted (DC/26/02262)
• Householder — Side extension — granted (DC/26/02366)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Solo children's residential home, C3 to C2 (DC/26/03576)

Long Melford

• Change of use — Use of first floor as holiday let — granted (DC/26/02348)

Milden

• Householder — Sewage Treatment Plant Installation — granted (DC/26/02699)

Monks Eleigh

• Tree works — fell to ground level a group of 11-12 Leylandii (one partially failed) (DC/26/03390)
• Non-material amendment — window/door material changes (DC/26/03614)

Newton

• Householder — Removal oil boiler, ASHP installation — granted (DC/26/02577)
• Listed building consent — Removal oil boiler, ASHP installation — granted (DC/26/02578)
• Householder — Retention of timber outbuilding with PV panels — granted (DC/26/02807)

Polstead

• Condition discharge — multiple conditions (DC/26/02229)
• Prior approval — Telecoms Class A Part 16 - Arqiva smart metering, water tower (DC/26/02663)
• Tree works — Fell 1 No. Red Cedar Tree and Stump (DC/26/03503)

Preston St Mary

• Tree works — Application for works to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order BT359/T1 - Fell 1 No.... (DC/26/03511)

Raydon

• Non-material amendment — extension shorter, hip to gable roof — granted (DC/26/03123)
• Prior approval — Application for Prior Approval - Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses,... (DC/26/03496)
• Prior approval — Application to determine if prior approval is required - Demolition of existing modern hay barn,... (DC/26/03497)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 9,14, BNG (DC/26/03524)

Shelley

• Condition discharge — multiple conditions (DC/26/02245)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 4,6,7,8 — granted (DC/26/02696)

Shimpling

• Householder — erection of a detached annexe for family members following demolition of outbuildings... (DC/26/02175)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Erection of single storey ext (DC/26/02654)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Works to a Listed Building - Confirmation... (DC/26/03439)

Sproughton

• Condition discharge — Condition 11 (Biodiversity) — granted (DC/26/02122)
• Condition discharge — Part discharge Condition 10 (Contamination) plots 12,13,15 (DC/26/02963)
• Tree works — Works to Trees TPO BT206/A1 - Reduce 1 No. Ash by 30% — granted (DC/26/03019)

Stoke By Nayland

• Householder — conversion of existing attic store into bedroom and study (DC/26/02326)

Stratford St Mary

• Condition discharge — Condition 5 (Dark Skies Mitigation) — granted (DC/26/03412)
• Tree works — Works to Trees subject to TPO BT300/T13 - fell/reduce/deadwood removal across Sycamore, Oak, Cherry... (DC/26/03436)

Stutton

• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Biodiversity) — granted (DC/26/02565)
• Non-material amendment — chimney/flue liner replacement (DC/26/03582)

Sudbury

• Non-material amendment — Condition 12 wording — granted (DC/25/05552)
• Condition discharge — Discharge of Conditions B/15/01718 - Ground Profiles phase 4 (DC/26/00235)
• Condition discharge — Discharge of Conditions Application for B/15/01718 - part discharge of Conditions 9, 10, 12 and 28... (DC/26/00237)
• Residential — Demolition, erection of 13 dwellings — refused (DC/26/01930)
• Listed building consent — Wood burning stove and chimney installation — granted (DC/26/02617)
• Householder — EV charger on garage — granted (DC/26/02655)
• Condition discharge — Condition 3 (Demolition/Construction Mgmt) — granted (DC/26/02664)
• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - 10 Aldi signs — granted (DC/26/02694)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4 — granted (DC/26/03107)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4 — granted (DC/26/03111)
• Statutory undertaker — ~18m underground duct and cables (DC/26/03179)
• Condition discharge — Discharge of Conditions Application for B/15/01718 - Part discharge of Condition 30 (Construction... (DC/26/03475)
• Non-material amendment — cafe entrance/window reposition (DC/26/03510)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Use class B2 to E(g)(iii) (DC/26/03558)
• Prior approval — Class 6 Agricultural - Open fronted shed for machinery (DC/26/03594)
• Condition discharge — multiple internal conditions, St Bartholomews Priory (DC/26/03596)
• Non-material amendment — POS/footpath realignment, Chilton Woods (DC/26/03605)

Tattingstone

• Householder — Addition of first floor dormer window (DC/26/03489)

Wissington

• Condition discharge — Conditions 4,5 — granted (DC/26/02510)
• Householder — replace hip end roof with dual pitched roof, 4 roof lights, glazed gable end (DC/26/03126)
• Householder — Erection of Oak-Framed Shelter for home entertainment space (DC/26/03355)
• Tree works — reduce Weeping Willow to pollard, fell Pyracantha/Cotoneaster/Crab Apple group, thin Salix... (DC/26/03469)

Woolverstone

• Condition discharge — multiple, phase 1 (DC/26/01973)
• S106 agreement — S106 compliance confirmation the earlier permission - Open Space/car park — granted (DC/26/02163)
• Tree works — Fell 1 No. Cherry (T1) (DC/26/03112)

MID SUFFOLK

Badwell Ash

• Householder — Retention of garden pergola and shed — granted (DC/26/02592)

Barham

• Tree works — Works to Trees TPO ES61/W2 - Reduce 1 No. Beech by up to 30% — granted (DC/26/03023)
• Condition discharge — Condition 5 (Plot 53 Landscaping) (DC/26/03617)

Barking

• Condition discharge — Conditions 4 (Works to Underlying Fabric), 5 (Render Backing) and 6 (Wall Insulation) (DC/26/03516)

Battisford

• Certificate of lawfulness — Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use - Use of land for siting a... (DC/26/03495)

Bedfield

• Householder — Part two/single storey side extension, first floor bathroom (DC/26/02349)

Beyton

• Listed building consent — Remove render, re-render with lime, front elevation — granted (DC/26/02714)
• Householder — Replacement fenestration, rendering, window alterations (DC/26/03527)
• Tree works — Works to Trees Conservation Area - Reduce Walnut canopy (DC/26/03569)

Botesdale

• Householder — 6ft close boarded fence, footpath/CA boundary — granted (DC/26/02217)
• Tree works — Works to Trees Conservation Area - Reduce crown spread Oak by 25% (DC/26/02708)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Wildlife) — granted (DC/26/02774)

Bramford

• Householder — Erection of rear extension — granted (DC/26/02178)
• Condition discharge — Condition 21 (Highway Condition Survey) — granted (DC/26/02819)
• Prior approval — Larger Home Extension Class A (DC/26/02820)
• NSIP detail submission — National Grid Bramford-Twinstead Cable Sealing End Compounds R3(2) (DC/26/03054)
• NSIP detail submission — National Grid Bramford-Twinstead DWSI R6 Stages 3.2A/4.2A — granted (DC/26/03076)
• NSIP detail submission — National Grid Bramford-Twinstead DWSI R6 - A134 Leavenheath — granted (DC/26/03077)
• NSIP detail submission — National Grid Bramford-Twinstead DWSI R6 - Polstead Heath/Holt Rd/B1068 — granted (DC/26/03080)
• NSIP detail submission — Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 6 - DWSI for Stage 3 to approve no further... (DC/26/03530)
• NSIP detail submission — Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 6 - DWSI for Stage 3 to approve area(s) where no... (DC/26/03550)
• NSIP detail submission — National Grid Bramford-Twinstead DWSI Requirement 6 - Chestnut Grove (DC/26/03637)
• NSIP detail submission — National Grid Bramford-Twinstead DWSI Requirement 6 - Pond Hall (DC/26/03646)
• NSIP detail submission — National Grid Bramford-Twinstead DWSI Requirement 6 - Bush Hill Grove/Leadenhall Wood (DC/26/03648)

Brettenham

• Listed building consent — Remediation works to brick walls, courtyard garden — granted (DC/26/02788)
• Householder — two storey/single storey rear extension, single storey front extension, internal alterations, solar... (DC/26/03357)

Brundish

• Condition discharge — multiple conditions incl BNG (DC/26/03572)

Burgate

• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4,5,6,7 (Brick/Fenestration/Roof) (DC/26/03522)

Coddenham

• Commercial/agricultural — Construction of field barn — refused (DC/26/01364)
• Tree works — Works to trees Conservation Area - Multiple fells/reductions, replanting (DC/26/03597)

Creeting St Mary

• S73 variation — Section 73 variation the earlier permission Condition 13 (Operation Times) - Forest and Field play area — granted (DC/26/02755)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Biodiversity Enhancement Measures) (DC/26/03482)
• Tree works — Works to Trees TPO MS210/T10 & T11 - Fell both Maples (dead) (DC/26/03633)

Debenham

• Planning — Continuation of use of existing temporary bridge as temporary works access to residential site... (DC/26/03403)

Denham

• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Plunge pool with heat pump shed (DC/26/02524)

Finningham

• Householder — Single storey rear extension — granted (DC/26/02255)

Fressingfield

• Listed building consent order — Local Listed Building Consent Order - Class C - Ground/upper floor casement windows (DC/26/03162)
• Tree works — Application for Works to Trees subject to TPO MS17/A4 - Reduce 1 No. Horse Chestnut away from... (DC/26/03464)

Great Ashfield

• Householder — 2 storey extension, entry porch, driveway reconfig — granted (DC/26/02041)

Great Blakenham

• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - 2 signs — refused (DC/26/02688)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Erection of an above-ground circular steel water storage structure on a flat base foundation (DC/26/03477)

Helmingham

• Listed building consent — Remove felt/insulation, flat roof sections, school — granted (DC/26/02635)

Henley

• Prior approval — Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses, Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q - Conversion... (DC/26/03467)

Hessett

• Non-material amendment — Omit velux window, replace with dormer — granted (DC/26/03256)
• Condition discharge — Condition 3 (ASHP) (DC/26/03555)

Horham

• Householder — Demolition of lean-to, replacement extension (companion to above) (DC/26/03586)

Hoxne

• Commercial/agricultural — Pig Rearing Building, concrete pad, drainage lagoon — granted (DC/26/02450)
• Prior approval — Class 6 Agricultural - Straw storage building (DC/26/02451)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,7,10 — granted (DC/26/02773)
• Tree works — reduce 1 Lime and 1 Silver Birch by a third all over (DC/26/03399)

Ixworth

• Condition discharge — Conditions 2,3 — granted (DC/26/03226)

Laxfield

• Condition discharge — multiple conditions — granted (DC/26/02284)
• Tree works — Re-pollard 4 No. Lime (T1-T4) to previous pruning points (DC/26/03444)

Little Blakenham

• Condition discharge — Full discharge of part A of Condition 62 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) for outline part; part... (DC/26/03490)
• Condition discharge — Part discharge of Condition 62 (Surface Water Drainage) for Parts B to J for Phase 2/Unit 15 only. (DC/26/03491)
• Condition discharge — Condition 65 (Excavated and Imported Materials Statement) (DC/26/03519)

Mendlesham

• Condition discharge — Condition 13 (Construction Surface Water Mgmt Plan) — granted (DC/26/03257)
• Condition discharge — Condition 30 (Surface Water/highway) — granted (DC/26/03260)
• Condition discharge — Condition 31 (Estate Roads/Footpaths) — granted (DC/26/03261)
• Condition discharge — Condition 37 (Bus Stops) — granted (DC/26/03262)
• Condition discharge — Condition 26 (Site investigation and post investigation assessment) (DC/26/03458)
• Condition discharge — Condition 7 (Energy and Sustainability) (DC/26/03613)

Monk Soham

• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4 (Materials/Fenestration) (DC/26/03535)

Needham Market

• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - replacement fascia sign and projecting sign with revised business details (DC/26/02934)
• Condition discharge — Discharge of Conditions Application for the earlier permission (allowed under Appeal APP/W3520/W/23/331) -... (DC/26/03393)

Norton

• Condition discharge — multiple conditions (DC/26/02279)
• Householder — Erection of attached cartlodge — granted (DC/26/02692)

Oakley

• Householder — Installation of a dropped kerb (DC/26/03437)

Palgrave

• Condition discharge — Condition 25 (Permissive Path) — granted (DC/26/03238)
• Householder — oak sole plate/brickwork repairs, internal/external render, new rear windows, new front/back doors (DC/26/03252)

Redgrave

• Tree works — Works to trees Conservation Area - Reduce Ginkgo by 50% (DC/26/03578)

Rickinghall

• Tree works — third reduction of one Plum Tree (DC/26/03418)

Somersham

• Householder — Porch/link corridor, garage extension, rear extension (DC/26/02482)

Stonham Aspal

• Householder — First floor side extension, single storey rear extension (DC/26/02155)
• Householder — Erection of detached garage — granted (DC/26/02758)

Stowmarket

• Commercial/agricultural — Construction of car park and EV Charging — withdrawn (DC/26/00128)
• Commercial/agricultural — Over-clad elevations, replace laboratory building, glazed link — granted (DC/26/01041)
• Householder — Installation of a dropped kerb — refused (DC/26/01387)
• Householder — Installation of a dropped kerb — refused (DC/26/01679)
• Householder — Replacement windows front elevation (Retention of) — granted (DC/26/02114)
• Householder — Retention of outbuilding, continued domestic garden use — refused (DC/26/02232)
• Householder — Replacement of 2 windows — granted (DC/26/02415)
• Residential — Alterations to form 1 flat, retain commercial ground floor — refused (DC/26/02621)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - 14 apartments, revised scheme (DC/26/02674)
• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - Freestanding monument sign — granted (DC/26/02799)
• Householder — Erection of single storey extensions — granted (DC/26/02869)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4,8 — granted (DC/26/03051)
• Non-material amendment — porch design alteration — granted (DC/26/03082)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Great Crested Newt Licence) — granted (DC/26/03290)
• Non-material amendment — amendment to orientation of pump station and associated service path (DC/26/03387)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Biodiversity Enhancement Measures) — granted (DC/26/03410)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of land for siting a mobile home ancillary to the... (DC/26/03445)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Biodiversity Enhancements) — granted (DC/26/03452)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4,5,6,7 (window/door, brickwork, eaves, roof, rainwater) (DC/26/03453)
• Advertisement consent — free standing point-of-sale device (DC/26/03502)
• Householder — Renovation, rear extension, cart lodge (companion to above) (DC/26/03506)
• Listed building consent order — Local Listed Building Consent Order - Classes B and C (DC/26/03537)
• Condition discharge — Conditions 5,6 (EV/bin storage) (DC/26/03548)
• Householder — Two storey rear extension and alterations (DC/26/03560)
• Condition discharge — Condition 5 (Wildlife Sensitive Design) (DC/26/03563)

Stowupland

• Householder — Construction of 2 garden rooms (DC/26/03255)
• Householder — Erection of a single storey front porch (DC/26/03416)

Stradbroke

• Householder — 2-storey flat roof rear extension, demolish conservatory — withdrawn (DC/26/02684)
• Condition discharge — Condition 3 (Bricks) — refused (DC/26/02813)
• Condition discharge — Condition 3 (Bricks) (DC/26/03630)

Stuston

• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - internally illuminated signage: 3no fascia signs, 3no booth lettering, 1no... (DC/26/03424)
• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - installation of a free standing 12-metre totem sign (DC/26/03425)
• Advertisement consent — Advertisement Consent - site signage: 4no free standing signs, 1no banner unit, 1no Play Land sign,... (DC/26/03426)

Syleham

• Residential — Conversion of barn to 1 dwellinghouse — granted (DC/26/02677)
• Condition discharge — Condition 10 (Works to Timber Frame) (DC/26/03443)

Tannington

• Listed building consent — Internal/external repairs and refurbishment — granted (DC/26/02691)

Thorndon

• Listed building consent — Safe removal of established honey bee colony, gable wall (DC/26/02890)

Thrandeston

• Prior approval — Formation/Alteration of Private Ways for Agricultural Use, Schedule 2 Part 6 - Resurfacing existing... (DC/26/03488)

Thurston

• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Residential Caravan Site, Bright Meadow (DC/25/03357)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Biodiversity Enhancement) — granted (DC/26/02793)
• Tree works — Works to trees subject to TPO MS85/T4 - 1 Oak: thin crown by 20%, reduce lower lateral branches by... (DC/26/03411)
• Condition discharge — BNG Condition (DC/26/03525)
• Condition discharge — Condition 21 (Estate Roads/Footpaths) (DC/26/03568)
• Condition discharge — Condition 23 (Site Investigation) (DC/26/03612)

Tostock

• Non-material amendment — Change in width of extension — granted (DC/26/02939)

Walsham Le Willows

• Condition discharge — Conditions 3,4,5 — granted (DC/26/03451)
• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Wildlife Enhancement Scheme) (DC/26/03484)

Wattisfield

• Householder — 10 PV panels on annex roof (DC/26/03520)

Wattisham

• Householder — Erection of single storey extension — granted (DC/26/02272)
• Listed building consent — Erection of single storey extension — granted (DC/26/02273)

Wetheringsett

• Condition discharge — Conditions 4,10,12,15 — granted (DC/26/02671)

Wickham Skeith

• Tree works — Works to trees Conservation Area - Multiple fells/reductions (DC/26/03571)

Willisham

• Householder — Erection of detached outbuilding (DC/26/03398)

Wingfield

• Tree works — Works to Trees Conservation Area - Cut back Morus Alba to pollard points (DC/26/03570)

Yaxley

• Condition discharge — Condition 4 (Biodiversity) — granted (DC/26/02586)
• Certificate of lawfulness — Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - HGV trailer parking, Eye Airfield — withdrawn (DC/26/02596)
• Non-material amendment — Adjustment to approved window positions — granted (DC/26/03272)

(DISTRICT UNCONFIRMED)

(district unconfirmed)

• Condition discharge — Part discharge of Condition 27 (Archaeological Investigation) for part a only, for phases a-e. (DC/26/03486)

The ledger — planning decisions reported since 16 July 2026: 221 — 180 granted, 29 refused, 12 withdrawn.

ON THE HIGH STREET

PAVEMENT LICENCE

A renewal application for a pavement licence has been submitted for Cafe Hygge (applicant Janet Warne). The public consultation on the renewal closes 26 August 2026.

Source: Babergh & Mid Suffolk licensing register

THE COUNTDOWN

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils cease to exist on 1 April 2028, replaced by three new unitary authorities for Suffolk. Shadow authority elections take place in May 2027.

583 days remaining.

This week: no new announcements on the Structural Change Order or implementation timetable were found on the Suffolk County Council, Babergh, or Mid Suffolk devolution and reorganisation pages. The transition timeline remains: shadow authority elections May 2027, new councils live April 2028.

Source: Suffolk County Council — Local Government Reorganisation; Babergh — Devolution and LGR; Mid Suffolk — Devolution and LGR

HAVE YOUR SAY

[[EDITORIAL GAP — FLAGGED FOR MARK: no currently-open, dated public consultation was confirmed live during this issue's monitoring sweep. The NDP status pages returned historical designation/adoption dates (e.g. Cotton designated April 2026; Lower Gipping Valley designated July 2026) rather than an open consultation window closing in the next few weeks. Per the Assembly Prompt this section is mandatory every issue with no exceptions — before publishing, either (a) a targeted re-check of currently-open NDP consultations / referendum notices is needed, or (b) check BMSB-CARRY-FORWARD.md for a still-open consultation from a prior issue that has not yet closed and should resurface here per the "every open consultation" rule.]]

COMING UP

• Babergh Planning Committee, 2 September 2026 — three applications for determination: DC/26/02318 (Old Babergh District Council Offices, Corks Lane, Hadleigh), DC/26/02551 (Little Causeway Farmhouse, Hitcham), DC/26/01846 (4 Clover Court, Great Cornard).
• Development of a Local Development Order for Nature-Based Solutions — joint Babergh/Mid Suffolk Cabinet decision due 8 September 2026 (new addition to both forward plans).

Source: Babergh Planning Committee agenda, 2 September 2026; Babergh and Mid Suffolk Cabinet forthcoming decisions lists

DID YOU KNOW?

The mound of a man called Babba The name Babergh appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Baberga — believed to mean "the mound of a man called Babba." That obscure Saxon burial mound is now the name on planning notices, Cabinet minutes, and a district serving 86,000 people. Babba would be surprised.

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