Babergh Local Plan
The Babergh Local Plan (2006) has now had the majority of the policies superseded by the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan Part 1 (November 2023).
To see the Saved Policies, please click here.
The Babergh Local Plan Alteration No.2 was adopted by the Council on 1st June 2006 and can be viewed in its entirely below, noting the currently policy position above.
Local Plan Text
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Environment
- Chapter 3 - Settlement Policy and Housing
- Chapter 4 - Economy & Employment
- Chapter 5 - Shopping
- Chapter 6 - Countryside & the Rural Economy
- Chapter 7 - Built Environment & Conservation
- Chapter 8 - Recreation & Tourism
- Chapter 9 - Transport
- Chapter 10 - Sudbury Town
- Chapter 11 - Hadleigh Town
- Chapter 12 - The Chilton Mixed-Use Development
- Appendix 1 - Policies
- Appendix 2 - Scheduled Ancient Monuments
- Appendix 3 - SSSI's, LNR's, SPA's & Ramsar Sites
- Appendix 4 - Glossary
Key
Local Plan Proposal Maps
- Inset 1 - Sudbury, Gt Cornard & Chilton
- Inset 1a - Sudbury Town Centre
- Inset 1b - Sudbury Land Use
- Inset 1c - Cornard Road, Sudbury
- Inset 2 - Glemsford
- Inset 3 - Long Melford
- Inset 4 - Bull Lane, Acton
- Inset 5 - Great Waldringfield
- Inset 6 - Folly Road, Gt Waldringfield
- Inset 7 - Lavenham
- Inset 8 - Bures St Mary
- Inset 9 - Boxford
- Inset 10 - Bildeston
- Inset 11 - Nedging Tye
- Inset 12 - Church Farm, Whatfield
- Inset 13 - Hadleigh
- Inset 13a - Hadleigh Town Centre
- Inset 14 - Pond Hall, Hadleigh
- Inset 15 - Notley Enterprise Park
- Inset 16 - Capel St Mary
- Inset 17 - Brantham
- Inset 18 - Ipswich Fringe
- Inset 19 - Belstead
- Inset 20 - Pin Mill, Chelmondiston
Local Plan Village Maps (including Conservation Areas)
- Acton
- Aldham
- Assington
- Belstead
- Bentley
- Bildeston
- Boxford
- Brantham
- Brent Eleigh
- Brettenham
- Bures St Mary
- Burstall
- Capel St Mary
- Chelmondiston
- Chelsworth
- Cockfield - Cross Green
- Cockfield - Great Green
- Cockfield - Crowbrook / Mackenzie Place
- Cockfield - Windsor Green
- Copdock & Washbrook
- Copdock & Washbrook - South
- East Bergholt
- East Bergholt - East End
- Edwardstone
- Elmsett
- Glemsford
- Great Waldingfield
- Harkstead
- Hartest
- Hintlesham
- Hitcham
- Holbrook
- Holton St Mary
- Kersey
- Lavenham
- Lawshall - Bury Road
- Lawshall - Lambs Lane
- Lawshall - Street
- Layham Upper
- Leavenheath - Harrow Street
- Leavenheath - High Road
- Little Waldingfield
- Long Melford - North
- Long Melford - South
- Monks Eleigh
- Nayland
- Nedging Tye
- Newton
- Polstead - Church
- Polstead - Heath
- Polstead - Whitestreet Green
- Preston St Mary
- Raydon
- Shimpling Street
- Shotley Gate
- Shotley Street
- Sproughton
- Stanstead - Upper & Lower
- Stoke by Nayland
- Stratford St Mary
- Stutton
- Tattingstone - Church
- Tattingstone - Heath
- Tattingstone - White Horse
- Wattisham
- Whatfield
- Wherstead
- Woolverstone