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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.
1,446 approved · 179 refused · 71 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land Off Church Road Access Via Garden Of 'The Firs' Thurston
Received 29 Jan 2026Opposite 16 Palmer Street Walsham Le Willows Suffolk
Received 28 Jan 2026Calinol House 5 Maple Grove Barham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0PH
Received 29 Jan 2026The Hollies The Street Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RP
Received 29 Jan 2026Land West Of The Street Badwell Ash Suffolk
Received 29 Jan 2026Lawrence House Magdalen Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AJ
Received 29 Jan 2026Red House Barns Red House Farm Otley Road Framsden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6HU
Received 30 Jan 2026Church View Cottage The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BU
Received 30 Jan 2026Wood House Coldham Hill Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DG
Received 30 Jan 2026The Priory The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BU
Received 2 Feb 2026The Priory The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BU
Received 2 Feb 2026Walsham Town Farm West Hall Road Walsham Le Willows Diss Suffolk IP22 1LY
Received 2 Feb 20262 Church Path Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0RG
Received 2 Feb 2026Meenes Farmhouse Earls Green Bacton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4SB
Received 2 Feb 2026Akenham Hall Farm Henley Road Akenham Suffolk
Received 2 Feb 2026Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 2 Feb 2026Skinners Cottage Skinners Lane Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LH
Received 2 Feb 202624 Denny Avenue Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3PG
Received 2 Feb 2026The Hall Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 2 Feb 2026Land At Eye Airfield Castleton Way Eye Suffolk
Received 3 Feb 2026The Grain Store Foxes Lane Mendham Harleston Suffolk IP20 0PE
Received 3 Feb 2026The Court House Tostock Place Church Road Tostock Suffolk IP30 9PG
Received 3 Feb 202619 High Street Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QL
Received 3 Feb 2026Oakwood House Pokeriage Gardens Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3TS
Received 3 Feb 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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