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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.
1,438 approved · 178 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hall Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 12 Jan 2026Stone Barn High Road Great Finborough IP14 3BQ
Received 12 Jan 20261 Wynton Rise Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2AB
Received 13 Jan 202612 - 14 High Street Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QJ
Received 13 Jan 202612 - 14 High Street Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QJ
Received 13 Jan 2026The Bellows Burnt House Lane Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2ND
Received 13 Jan 2026Botesdale Health Centre Back Hills Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DW
Received 14 Jan 2026Land Off Creeting Road West Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 14 Jan 20262 Back Hills Cottages Back Hills Botesdale IP22 1DW
Received 14 Jan 2026Land To The Rear Of Ceva Logistics Norwich Road Mendlesham (In The Parish Of Wetheringsett Cum Brockford) IP14 5NA
Received 14 Jan 2026Tomo Business Park Tomo Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5AY
Received 14 Jan 202683 Northfield Road Onehouse Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3HE
Received 14 Jan 2026Passmore Weeks And Richardson Church Street Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HS
Received 15 Jan 2026Cranswick House Oaksmere Business Park Eye Airfield Industrial Estate Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BW
Received 15 Jan 2026Bowl Corner Cottage Bowl Corner Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LH
Received 13 Jan 2026Honeysuckle Cottage Clockhouse Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JW
Received 13 Jan 2026Northfield View Phase 2C Land To The West Of Chilton Fields Fuller Way Stowmarket
Received 15 Jan 20261 Grange Road Winston Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LF
Received 14 Jan 2026Needham Road Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 15 Jan 2026Nutberry Straight Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LZ
Received 15 Jan 2026Holly Lodge The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BZ
Received 15 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To Donard Back Lane Badwell Ash Suffolk
Received 15 Jan 2026The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Received 15 Jan 2026Beech Green Barn Main Road Hemingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9RJ
Received 15 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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