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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.
1,400 approved · 175 refused · 69 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 14 Hill View Business Park Old Ipswich Road Claydon IP6 0AJ
Received 27 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To Kiln Farm Thrandeston Diss Suffolk IP21 4BD
Received 27 Oct 2025Dove House The Street Horham Ipswich Suffolk IP21 5DX
Received 27 Oct 202560 Chapel Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PP
Received 27 Oct 2025White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 27 Oct 2025The Hall Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 28 Oct 2025White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 28 Oct 2025White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 28 Oct 2025Linden Lea Wheelwright Close Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8GA
Received 28 Oct 2025White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 28 Oct 2025The Willows Willow Corner Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1PS
Received 28 Oct 2025Aldersyde Cottage Low Street Hoxne IP21 5AS
Received 28 Oct 2025Kingfisher The Street Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9SX
Received 28 Oct 2025Brome Triangle Norwich Road Brome And Oakley Suffolk
Received 28 Oct 2025Rookery Farm Fen Lane Earl Stonham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5EF
Received 28 Oct 2025Wyndy Ridge Main Road Hemingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9RJ
Received 28 Oct 2025Land At Meadow Lane Thurston Suffolk
Received 29 Oct 2025Liberty Cottage The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BZ
Received 29 Oct 2025Hill Cottage Cattery Worlingworth Road Horham Eye Suffolk IP21 5EF
Received 29 Oct 2025The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ
Received 29 Oct 2025Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 29 Oct 2025Wades Barn Ipswich Road Helmingham Stowmarket IP14 6EE
Received 29 Oct 2025Manor Farm Badingham Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8JA
Received 30 Oct 2025Street Barns The Street Metfield Suffolk IP20 0LA
Received 30 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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