Planning decisions in Babergh Mid Suffolk

How long Babergh Mid Suffolk takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,861 decisions it made in the twelve months to August 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.

45 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 49 from receipt
81%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 96% within thirteen
90%approved (UK 89%): 1,559 approved, 173 refused, 54 withdrawn
48 of 321UK rank for speed, up 26 places on last year; 178 of 321 for approvals
056 September 2025: 55 days, 367 decisionsSeptOctober 2025: 50 days, 376 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 52 days, 322 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 51 days, 320 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 11 days, 21 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 28 days, 127 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 42 days, 221 decisionsMarApril 2026: 51 days, 297 decisionsAprMay 2026: 55 days, 288 decisionsMayJune 2026: 55 days, 289 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 49 days, 335 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 53 days, 283 decisionsAug
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (52 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Discharge of conditions4276%85%57352 of 175
Full applications (including householder)5569%88%434134 of 302
Tree works28over 99%over 99%28248 of 259
Listed building consent5382%98%18938 of 200
Amendments2194%95%9817 of 263
Prior approvals5376%73%85148 of 168
Lawful development certificates5070%81%49124 of 253
Advertisement consent *5389%83%2069 of 190
Reserved matters *5280%100%104 of 12

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%4690%1,751
Planning committee1%8871%9

Where the register states how the decision was made. 101 decisions did not say.

Appeals

94 appeals against Babergh Mid Suffolk decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 54 for every 100 refusals; 28% 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 far4964%90%1,861

* 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 321 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.