Planning decisions in Babergh Mid Suffolk

How long Babergh Mid Suffolk takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 3,604 decisions it made in the twelve months to September 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.

50 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 55 from receipt
74%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 91% within thirteen
92%approved (UK 90%): 3,049 approved, 259 refused, 124 withdrawn
104 of 388UK rank for speed, down 62 places on last year; 173 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 50 days, 318 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 51 days, 287 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 53 days, 291 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 57 days, 251 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 54 days, 240 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 52 days, 297 decisionsMarApril 2026: 54 days, 347 decisionsAprMay 2026: 56 days, 309 decisionsMayJune 2026: 56 days, 306 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 54 days, 351 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 55 days, 295 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 55 days, 312 decisionsSept
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (54 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Discharge of conditions3677%95%96125 of 310
Householder applications5570%92%66986 of 200
Tree works28over 99%99%50753 of 324
Full applications6246%81%365214 of 359
Listed building consent5474%95%36339 of 307
Amendments4380%92%351142 of 356
Prior approvals4279%81%165282 of 340
Lawful development certificates5651%87%108317 of 348
Advertisement consent5576%88%35154 of 320
Reserved matters *5657%100%217 of 44
Outline applications *7433%33%1962 of 110
Section 106 and planning obligations *7724%100%1718 of 29

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%5092%3,394
Planning committee1%11493%30

Where the register states how the decision was made. 180 decisions did not say.

Appeals

99 appeals against Babergh Mid Suffolk decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 38 for every 100 refusals; 27% were allowed. Every appeal in Babergh Mid Suffolk.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5940%88%56
2017 *3275%93%183
2018 *6143%100%29
2019 *5847%88%37
2020 *2996%99%421
2021 *2997%98%461
2022 *24100%91%39
2023 *2999%99%475
2024 *5941%78%41
2025 *2999%99%500
2026 so far5555%92%2,708

* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

Built nightly from Babergh Mid Suffolk's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Babergh Mid Suffolk, appeals, or get alerts for Babergh Mid Suffolk.

About these figures

How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.