Baylham Neighbourhood Plan
The Baylham Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) has been prepared by Baylham Parish Council and the local community and will be used to help guide and shape future development in the parish.
Reg 20 Formal adoption (2 Sept 2025)
In an 'Officer Decision', effective from Tuesday 2 September 2025, Mid Suffolk District Council have agreed to adopt ('make') the Baylham NDP.
This NDP, which covers the plan period to 2037, now forms part of the development plan and will be used to help determine planning applications in the parish unless material considerations indicate otherwise.
- Read the adopted Baylham Neighbourhood Plan 2024 - 2037
- See the adoption Decision Statement
- See the 'Officer Decision' documentation
Supporting evidence
The following documents provide supporting evidence for the adopted NDP:
- Baylham Design Codes & Guidance Report (Jun 2025)
- Landscape Assessment - Landscape & Key Views (May 2024)
- Heritage Assessment (Dec 2024)
- Landscape & Biodiversity Evaluation Report (SWT, Dec 2023)
Previous stages...
Local Referendum (28 Aug 2025)
A local referendum was held on 28 August 2025. The question asked of those entitled to vote was: 'Do you want Mid Suffolk District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Baylham to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?'
- See the declared result (a majority yes vote)
Reg 18 Exam Report Decision Statement (12 June 2025)
Internal procedures agreed in September 2021 meant that a NDP could be advanced to a local referendum without Cabinet approval where there was no objection to implementing the Examiner's recommendations in full. That applied in this case, with our decision confirmed through publication of the following statement:
Reg 17 Examination (Final Report 22 May 2025)
Mid Suffolk District Council appointed Janet Cheesley BA (Hons) DipTP MRTPI to carry out an independent examination of the Baylham NDP. As part of the examination, a focused consultation exercise was carried out on proposed significant modification to Local Green Space Policy BAY 6.
On Thursday 22 May 2025, the Examiner issued her final report. It recommended that, subject to certain modifications, the submission draft NDP met the basic condition tests and could proceed to a local referendum.
- Read the Baylham NDP Exam Report (May 2025)
- See the Examination Correspondence document
- See also the Local Green Space modification consultation documents
Reg 16 Submission consultation (10 Feb to 28 Mar 2025)
The Baylham NDP was submitted in January 2025 and was made available for public consultation between 10 February and 28 March 2025. The Parish Council (the Qualifying Body) had submitted the following documents:
- A Map identifying the Baylham NDP Area
- The submission draft Baylham NP 2024 - 2037
- A Consultation Statement
- A Basic Conditions Statement
- A Baylham Design Codes & Guidance Report (Apr 2024) - replaced by the June 2025 version published above with the adopted plan
- separate Landscape, Heritage, and Biodiversity Assessments - all now published above with the adopted plan
- A Local Green Space Assessment (Jan 2025) - now redundant following the examination consultation
- A copy of the SEA & HRA Determination Notice - published further below
An assessment on how this NDP met the basic condition tests formed part of the examination. Our initial checks suggested that the relevant procedural requirements had been met at this stage. See our Regulation 15 Checklist.
Respondents were also reminded that their comments would be forwarded to the examiner and, with the exception of personal contact details, be published on this webpage:
- See the Reg 16 Consultation responses (includes the Parish Council response)
SEA/HRA Screening and Determination (Nov 2024)
The pre-submission draft Baylham NDP was screened to determine whether a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and or a Habitats Assessment (HRA) were required. Both were 'screened-out'. The relevant documents are published below:
- Read the Baylham NDP SEA Screening Report (LUC, Sept 2024)
- Read the Baylham NDP HRA Screening Report (LUC, Sept 2024)
- Read the Baylham NDP SEA HRA Determination Notice (Nov 2024)
Reg 14 Pre-submission consultation (Sept - Oct 2024)
Consultation by the Parish Council on their Pre-submission draft NDP closed on 21 October 2024.