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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.
1,421 approved · 176 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At Stanton Street Ixworth Road Norton Suffolk
Received 28 Nov 202520 St Peters Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1LE
Received 30 Nov 2025Hill House Barn Thorpe Lane Debenham IP14 6NF
Received 1 Dec 2025Station Road Claydon Suffolk
Received 1 Dec 202518 Chalk Hill Lane Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0NA
Received 1 Dec 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 1 Dec 2025Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 1 Dec 2025Wingfield College Church Road Wingfield Diss Suffolk IP21 5RA
Received 1 Dec 2025Land East Of 52 Exeter Road Claydon Suffolk IP6 0BP
Received 1 Dec 202536 Henniker Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6RG
Received 1 Dec 2025Broadlands Half Moon Lane Redgrave IP22 1RU
Received 2 Dec 2025Sideways The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AZ
Received 2 Dec 2025Barley Brigg Farm Laxfield Road Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5NQ
Received 2 Dec 202548 Onehouse Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1QP
Received 2 Dec 2025Mockbeggars Hall Paper Mill Lane Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0AH
Received 2 Dec 2025Stables Bobby Hill Wattisfield Suffolk IP22 1NL
Received 2 Dec 2025Stowmarket High School Onehouse Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1QR
Received 3 Dec 2025Land To The West Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 3 Dec 2025Gardeners Barn Cocks Road Eye Suffolk IP23 7NS
Received 3 Dec 2025Rivendell Bury Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AB
Received 3 Dec 2025Fairview Mill Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8EA
Received 3 Dec 2025The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Received 3 Dec 2025St Marys Church Road Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9PZ
Received 4 Dec 2025Barn To The North Of Bildeston Road Offton
Received 4 Dec 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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