Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan Part 1
Part 1 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan was adopted in November 2023, following the publication of the Appointed Inspectors' Examination report, and will guide development in the districts of Babergh and Mid Suffolk until 2037.
A live online Policies Map supports the Joint Local Plan Part 1 and can be accessed below. For convenience, we have also printed Settlement Maps as of November 2023, which can be accessed via our supplementary document.
Following the Government’s new National Planning Policy Framework announcement in December 2024, we are now going ahead with a full Joint Local Plan review and not a Part 2 Plan.
We published a new Local Development Scheme - March 2025, which has now been superseded in part by the new Joint Local Plan timetable.
Part 1 of the Joint Local Plan
Joint Local Plan Examination
The Examination concluded in 2023. Please visit our Joint Local Plan Examination webpage to access information about the Examination: