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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1,435 approved · 178 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Outside 13 Rose Lane Botesdale Suffolk
Received 23 Dec 202536 Church Lane Henley Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0RQ
Received 23 Dec 20259 Debenham Road Crowfield Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9TD
Received 22 Dec 2025Striggers Barn Bells Cross Road Barham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0QW
Received 24 Dec 2025Hill House Main Road Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LU
Received 29 Dec 2025Land Outside 4 Rising Sun Hill Rattlesden Suffolk
Received 24 Dec 202510 Drinkstone Road Gedding Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0QB
Received 29 Dec 20251 Cherry Tree Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QT
Received 30 Dec 20251 Cherry Tree Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QT
Received 30 Dec 202512 Roman Fields Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RX
Received 30 Dec 20254 Summer Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AH
Received 31 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To Kells House Church Road Westhorpe Suffolk
Received 2 Jan 202621 Freeman Avenue Henley Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0RZ
Received 1 Jan 2026The Hovell 25 High Street Thorndon Eye Suffolk IP23 7LX
Received 2 Jan 2026Lime Kiln House 23 Old Ipswich Road Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0AD
Received 5 Jan 2026Beech Cottage The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AA
Received 5 Jan 2026Maplefield The Street Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RW
Received 5 Jan 202621 Finborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1PN
Received 5 Jan 2026Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 5 Jan 202612 Hill Rise Stowmarket IP14 2HB
Received 5 Jan 2026The Hollies 13 Norwich Road Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0DQ
Received 5 Jan 2026Barn To The East Of Tannington Lodge Tannington IP13 7NN
Received 5 Jan 2026Aspire SENDAT Academy School Lane Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3RY
Received 5 Jan 2026Willow House 3 Draycott Rise Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1FJ
Received 6 Jan 2026Records 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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