Safeguarding Employment Land Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) relates to policies concerned with alternative use of business, industrial and warehousing land in the existing development plan for the Babergh District and under-used redundant buildings in the countryside. The SPD has been drafted in response to the increasing number of applications for the alternative use of employment land and under-used redundant buildings in the countryside.

It is intended to provide advice to prospective applicants and the general public on the criteria against which proposals for the alternative use of business, industrial and warehouse land will be considered.

The Safeguarding Employment Land SPD has been adopted by Babergh District Council to support Policy EM24 in Babergh Local Alteration No.2 2006. The document is available to download via the following link: 

 Safeguarding Employment Land Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 336Kb)

Alternatively, it can be viewed at the Babergh District Council offices at Corks Lane, Hadleigh (9:00-17:00 Mon-Thu, 9:00-16:30 Fri).

The following documents are also available to download in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 - Regulation 19.

• Adoption Statement (PDF, 14Kb) 
• Summary of Main Issues and Responses (PDF, 70Kb)