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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Mid Suffolk District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,395 approved · 174 refused · 67 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 The Wurlie The Street Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3DP
Received 14 Oct 20251 The Wurlie The Street Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3DP
Received 14 Oct 2025The Old Post Office The Green Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9NY
Received 14 Oct 2025Stowmarket Golf Centre Lower Road Onehouse IP14 3DA
Received 14 Oct 2025Bramford Sub Station Bullen Lane Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 13 Oct 20251 The Piggeries Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8FU
Received 14 Oct 20252 Blackbird Close Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PF
Received 14 Oct 202521 Underhill Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1QY
Received 14 Oct 2025Becklands Low Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QL
Received 14 Oct 2025Becklands Low Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QL
Received 14 Oct 2025High Gables Bury Road Rickinghall Inferior Diss Suffolk IP22 1HA
Received 14 Oct 2025Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 14 Oct 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 14 Oct 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 14 Oct 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 14 Oct 2025Plot 3200 Gateway 14 Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 14 Oct 2025Site (66761) Communication Station And Premises Shrubland Park Coddenham Suffolk
Received 14 Oct 2025Land To The Rear Of The Leas Quoits Meadow Stonham Aspal Suffolk
Received 15 Oct 2025Six Bells Inn Church Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0PJ
Received 15 Oct 2025Six Bells Inn Church Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0PJ
Received 15 Oct 2025Bay Tree Cottage Cockfield Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0HP
Received 15 Oct 2025Tiptofts Farm House Long Thurlow Badwell Ash IP31 3JF
Received 15 Oct 2025Flint Cottage Coddenham Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8NU
Received 15 Oct 2025Clamp Farm Mill Lane Creeting St Peter Suffolk
Received 15 Oct 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Mid Suffolk District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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