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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.
1,441 approved · 179 refused · 70 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
20 Front Street Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5RY
Received 15 Jan 2026Verge At Progress Way Mid Suffolk Business Park Eye IP23 7HU
Received 15 Jan 2026Mulberry Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG
Received 16 Jan 2026Gateway 14, Land Between The A1120 And A14, Creeting St Peter, Stowmarket , Suffolk
Received 16 Jan 2026Wades Barn Ipswich Road Helmingham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6EE
Received 16 Jan 2026Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG
Received 16 Jan 2026Kinclaven Wicks Lane Earl Stonham IP14 5HL
Received 19 Jan 2026Meadow Cottage Ward Green Old Newton IP14 4EZ
Received 19 Jan 2026Catholic Church Of Our Lady Stricklands Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1AW
Received 19 Jan 2026Land North East Of Heath Road Woolpit Suffolk
Received 19 Jan 2026Oak Wood House Long Green Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1RD
Received 19 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 19 Jan 2026Wingfield College Church Road Wingfield Diss Suffolk IP21 5RA
Received 16 Jan 2026The Beeches Grove Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AD
Received 19 Jan 2026Pine Cottage High Hall Road Nettlestead Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4QT
Received 19 Jan 20263 The Beeches Claydon IP6 0AB
Received 19 Jan 2026Tralaig Garden House Lane Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1EA
Received 19 Jan 2026Four Winds Sally Woods Lane Creeting St Mary IP6 8PU
Received 19 Jan 2026Bolingbroke Barn Park Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2JW
Received 20 Jan 2026Land South Of Melvin Way And Old Stowmarket Road Woolpit Suffolk
Received 20 Jan 2026Coddenham Community And Sports Centre School Road Coddenham IP6 9SR
Received 20 Jan 2026The Crest Whitton Leyer Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4BG
Received 20 Jan 2026Gateway 14 (1900) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 20 Jan 2026Halcyon House Church Street Worlingworth Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7NT
Received 20 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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