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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.
1,411 approved · 175 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 7 Nov 2025Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 7 Nov 2025Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 7 Nov 202558 Old Street Haughley IP14 3NX
Received 7 Nov 2025The Goslings Main Road Henley Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0QT
Received 7 Nov 2025Mollands Hall Forward Green Earl Stonham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5HP
Received 7 Nov 2025Elkanah Ixworth Road Stowlangtoft Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JS
Received 4 Nov 202558 Old Street Haughley IP14 3NX
Received 10 Nov 2025L E Tuckwell Ltd Shop Street Worlingworth IP13 7HU
Received 10 Nov 2025Windy Ridge Mill Street Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5BL
Received 10 Nov 2025Abbotts Hall Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 10 Nov 20251 Town House Church Street Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HT
Received 5 Nov 202515 Mill Gardens Elmswell IP30 9DQ
Received 5 Nov 2025Thurston Church Of England Primary Academy Pond Field Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3FT
Received 10 Nov 2025Wades Barn Ipswich Road Helmingham Suffolk IP14 6EE
Received 10 Nov 2025Land South Of The Street Stonham Aspal Suffolk
Received 10 Nov 2025De La Pole Arms Church Road Wingfield IP21 5RA
Received 10 Nov 2025De La Pole Arms Church Road Wingfield IP21 5RA
Received 10 Nov 20253 Chapel Lane Stoke Ash IP23 7EU
Received 6 Nov 2025Hill House Old Ipswich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BX
Received 7 Nov 2025The Hall Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 10 Nov 2025Maycroft Walsham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JG
Received 10 Nov 2025Water Tower Station Road Finningham Suffolk IP14 4NQ
Received 10 Nov 202524 Forest Road Onehouse Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3EW
Received 10 Nov 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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