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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.
1,435 approved · 178 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Barn Field Drive Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8FY
Received 17 Dec 2025Bromley Cottage The Green Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RR
Received 18 Dec 2025Abbots Lodge The Street Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9SX
Received 17 Dec 2025Labcorp Drug Development Barric Lane Occold Eye Suffolk IP23 7PX
Received 18 Dec 2025The Paddocks Church Road Weybread Diss Suffolk IP21 5TR
Received 18 Dec 2025Street Barns The Street Metfield Suffolk IP20 0LA
Received 18 Dec 2025The Forge Park Homes Combs Lane Great Finborough Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3BH
Received 18 Dec 2025Land Adjacent Martineau Cottages Walsham Road Wattisfield Suffolk
Received 18 Dec 2025Land North Of Dagwood Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2025Gateway 14 Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2025Commerce House The Green Ashbocking Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9JZ
Received 19 Dec 2025Limes Hotel High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8DQ
Received 19 Dec 202554 Leggatt Drive Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4EX
Received 22 Dec 2025Brambles Barn Nettlestead Road Baylham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8JU
Received 22 Dec 2025Brambles Barn Nettlestead Road Baylham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8JU
Received 22 Dec 2025Land At Spong Farm Stowmarket Road Earl Stonham Suffolk
Received 22 Dec 20252 Sorrel Close Barham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0SP
Received 22 Dec 2025The Old Rectory The Green Shelland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3JE
Received 22 Dec 2025The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015
Received 17 Dec 2025The Street And The Drift Botesdale Suffolk
Received 22 Dec 2025Stonham Baptist Church Norwich Road Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JT
Received 22 Dec 2025Barn 4 At Hall Farm Barns Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 22 Dec 2025Stowupland Village Hall Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4BG
Received 23 Dec 2025Land South Of Yaxley Road And East Of Braiseworth Road Yaxley Road Eye Suffolk
Received 23 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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