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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.
1,437 approved · 178 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Oak Barn Church Lane Norton IP31 3NB
Received 6 Jan 2026Land South Of Rose Lane Palgrave Suffolk
Received 6 Jan 202659 Maltings Garth Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PP
Received 6 Jan 2026Land West Of Suffolk House (Plot 8) Ixworth Road Norton Suffolk
Received 6 Jan 2026Baylees And The Thatch 21 The Street Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1EG
Received 6 Jan 2026Hill House Barn Thorpe Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NF
Received 6 Jan 2026Hop Farm Dagworth Lane Old Newton IP14 3QL
Received 7 Jan 2026Valley Cottage Valley Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2HN
Received 7 Jan 2026Mobile Home Fen Lane Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DP
Received 7 Jan 2026Bevants Farm Barn Burnt House Lane Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2NE
Received 7 Jan 2026Units 5 To 6 29 Gipping Road Great Blakenham Suffolk
Received 7 Jan 2026Brick Kiln Farm Worlingworth Road Athelington Eye Suffolk IP21 5EP
Received 7 Jan 20262 Old School Church Walk Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DL
Received 7 Jan 2026Dacre Back Lane Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3DW
Received 8 Jan 2026Carpenters Walk 16 Church Hill Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AT
Received 8 Jan 2026Beyton Nurseries Tostock Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AG
Received 8 Jan 2026Little Blakenham Village Hall Valley Road Little Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4LT
Received 9 Jan 2026Barn At Priory Farm Withersdale Street Mendham Suffolk
Received 8 Jan 2026Church Road Tostock Suffolk IP30 9PE
Received 9 Jan 2026The Fox Station Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HD
Received 9 Jan 2026The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Received 9 Jan 202625 Ipswich Street Stowmarket IP14 1AH
Received 9 Jan 2026Mulberry Lodge Laxfield Road Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5NQ
Received 12 Jan 2026Thurston Community College Norton Road Thurston IP31 3PB
Received 12 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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