IP7 7JF Babergh

Streets

• The Alley, Monks Eleigh: 3 addresses

Council tax

What each band costs in Babergh in 2026-27: Band D £2,342 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (20% of about 1,250 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, Monks Eleigh (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 20.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• 1 and 2, The Willows and 3, The Willows Cottage, grade II
• 1-3, THE ALLEY, grade II
• 12, CHURCH HILL, grade II
• ALICES, DOLPHIN BARN AND WHALES HAVEN, grade II
• ANSELL COTTAGE, grade II
• CHURCH COTTAGES, grade II
• COTTAGE ADJOINING AND NOW PART OF THE SWAN INN AND COTTAGE ADJOINING ON THE NORTH, grade II
• COTTAGE APPROXIMATELY 15 YARDS (12 METRES) NORTH OF THE SWAN INN, grade II
• COTTAGE OWNED BY THE ANSELL TRUST ADJOINING ANSELL COTTAGE ON THE NORTH, grade II
• K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, grade II
• LANES END, grade II
• OLD COTTAGE AND COTTAGE ADJOINING ON THE WEST, grade II
• OLD MILL THE OLD MILL HOUSE, grade II
• PUMP ON THE VILLAGE GREEN, grade II
• THE COTTAGE, grade II
• THE MANSE, grade II
• THE SWAN INN, grade II
• Walnut Tree Cottage and Costa Plenty, grade II
• WHITE HOUSE, grade II
• YEOMANS COTTAGE AND COTTAGE ADJOINING ON THE EAST, grade II

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.