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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.
1,417 approved · 175 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 St Georges Drive Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1AY
Received 14 Nov 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 14 Nov 2025Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 14 Nov 2025Land North West Of Chapel Road Wattisfield Suffolk
Received 14 Nov 2025Jessamine House The Street Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1DY
Received 14 Nov 2025Willow Cottage The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AA
Received 17 Nov 20251 Church Street Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5PH
Received 17 Nov 2025The Red Feather Club Coldham Hill Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DG
Received 17 Nov 2025Grange Farm Old Bury Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AZ
Received 17 Nov 2025Aspire SENDAT Academy School Lane Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3RY
Received 17 Nov 2025Chilton Sports Club Chilton Way Stowmarket Part In The Parish Of Onehouse IP14 1SZ IP14 1SZ
Received 17 Nov 2025Cafe And Premises Harveys Garden Plants Great Green Thurston IP31 3SJ
Received 17 Nov 2025The Rosary Palmer Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BS
Received 18 Nov 2025Barn At Ashes Farm Oak Farm Lane Mendlesham IP14 5TE
Received 18 Nov 2025Abbey View Cottage Cross Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AL
Received 18 Nov 2025Abbey View Cottage Cross Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AL
Received 18 Nov 2025Onehouse Hall Lower Road Onehouse IP14 3BY
Received 18 Nov 2025Lime Tree Cottage Stowmarket Road Earl Stonham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5HN
Received 18 Nov 2025The Hall Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 19 Nov 2025Stowmarket Recreation Ground Finborough Road Stowmarket IP14 1PR
Received 19 Nov 2025Clopton Dower House Clopton Green Rattlesden IP30 0RN
Received 19 Nov 2025Clopton Dower House Clopton Green Rattlesden IP30 0RN
Received 19 Nov 2025Low Farm Barn Low Road Denham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP21 5ET
Received 19 Nov 2025Dormouse Cottage Mellis Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8HU
Received 19 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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