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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.
1,424 approved · 176 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The West Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 4 Dec 202557 Union Street East Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1HP
Received 4 Dec 2025Foxrock Eye Road Kenton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6JJ
Received 5 Dec 2025Land West Of Richer Road Badwell Ash Suffolk
Received 5 Dec 20253 The Lodge School Road Monk Soham Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7EN
Received 5 Dec 2025Goulders Farm Vicarage Road Wingfield Diss Suffolk IP21 5RB
Received 5 Dec 2025Goulders Farm Vicarage Road Wingfield Diss Suffolk IP21 5RB
Received 5 Dec 2025Buxhall Business Park Mill Road Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DJ
Received 5 Dec 2025Brook Farm Brettenham Road Rattlesden IP30 0ST
Received 8 Dec 2025Barley Brigg AD Plant Laxfield Road Stradbroke IP21 5NB IP21 5NQ
Received 8 Dec 2025Willow Farm Church Road Wilby Eye Suffolk IP21 5LE
Received 8 Dec 2025Barham Lakes Pesthouse Lane Barham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0RF
Received 8 Dec 2025Land On The North Side Of Station Road Haughley Suffolk
Received 8 Dec 2025Hillhouse 2 Victoria Hill Eye Suffolk IP23 7BX
Received 9 Dec 2025Land North West Side Of Warren Lane Woolpit Suffolk
Received 9 Dec 2025Meadow House 3 The Cedars Offton Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4RB
Received 9 Dec 2025Light Sussex Farm Hoxne Road Eye IP23 7NJ
Received 9 Dec 2025Harvest Barn Hoxne Road Eye Suffolk IP23 7NP
Received 9 Dec 2025Woodbine Cottage Brettenham Road Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DX
Received 9 Dec 2025Euromast Site Tm 10300 4630 0 Bullen Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 9 Dec 2025Sycamore House School Close Norton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3LZ
Received 9 Dec 2025Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 9 Dec 2025Mockbeggars Hall Paper Mill Lane Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0AH
Received 10 Dec 2025School Lane Fressingfield Suffolk IP21 5RU
Received 10 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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