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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.
1,442 approved · 179 refused · 71 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Place Farm Old Bury Road Stuston Diss Suffolk IP21 4AD
Received 26 Jan 2026Land To The South Of Churchway Redgrave Suffolk
Received 27 Jan 2026Plot 1 Land Adjacent To 20 Saxham Street Stowupland Suffolk
Received 27 Jan 2026Land At Gissings Farm South Green Road Hoxne Suffolk
Received 22 Jan 2026Vancouver Station Road Cotton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4NQ
Received 27 Jan 2026Stowlangtoft Hall Nursing Home Kiln Lane Stowlangtoft Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JY
Received 27 Jan 2026Old Hall Farm Roamwood Green Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NP
Received 27 Jan 2026Gateway 14 (1900) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 27 Jan 20263 Church Walk Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DL
Received 27 Jan 2026Wyndy Ridge Main Road Hemingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9RJ
Received 28 Jan 2026Land To The North Of Church Road Bacton Suffolk
Received 28 Jan 2026Tice Hurst Farm Cellnet Radio Tower Tostock Suffolk IP30 9PQ
Received 28 Jan 20266 Church Street Eye Suffolk
Received 28 Jan 2026Meadowside Lodge Warren Lane Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RT
Received 28 Jan 2026Sandy Lane Nursery Townhouse Lane Hinderclay Diss Suffolk IP22 1NE
Received 28 Jan 2026Low Farm Pixey Green Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5NJ
Received 28 Jan 202613 Old Rectory Gardens Occold Eye Suffolk IP23 7PD
Received 28 Jan 2026Coach House High Hall High Hall Road Nettlestead Suffolk IP8 4QT
Received 28 Jan 202634 Old Street Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3NX
Received 28 Jan 2026Mill House Gorams Mill Lane Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DN
Received 28 Jan 2026Land At Lawn Park Business Centre Warren Lane Woolpit IP30 9RS
Received 29 Jan 2026Land At Eye Airfield Castleton Way Eye Suffolk
Received 29 Jan 2026Lane Farm The Street Brundish Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8BW
Received 29 Jan 2026Coach House High Hall High Hall Road Nettlestead Suffolk IP8 4QT
Received 28 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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