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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.
1,449 approved · 179 refused · 71 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Suffolk House (Plot 4) Ixworth Road Norton Suffolk
Received 3 Feb 2026Benningham Grange Barn Benningham Green Occold Eye Suffolk IP23 7PJ
Received 3 Feb 2026Chapel Cottage Chapel Lane Horham Eye Suffolk IP21 5ES
Received 4 Feb 2026The Elms The Folly Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3NS
Received 4 Feb 2026Boundary Farm Boundary Corner Winston Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LH
Received 4 Feb 2026Grange Farm Old Bury Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AZ
Received 4 Feb 2026Potash Farm Eye Road Kenton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6JN
Received 2 Feb 202611 Farm Meadow Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9BW
Received 5 Feb 2026Thornglade Church Road Westhorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4SY
Received 5 Feb 2026Serenity Barn Base Green Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LR
Received 5 Feb 2026Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 6 Feb 2026Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 6 Feb 2026Little Meadows Farm Banyards Green Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8EU
Received 4 Feb 2026Maltings House The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AZ
Received 6 Feb 20264 Burlington Close Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AU
Received 6 Feb 2026Cock Inn The Street Bramford IP8 4ED
Received 6 Feb 2026Green End Rattlesden Road Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9TN
Received 9 Feb 202636 Pound Hill Bacton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4LP
Received 9 Feb 20266 Chancery Lane Debenham IP14 6RN
Received 9 Feb 20266 Chancery Lane Debenham IP14 6RN
Received 9 Feb 2026Land To The East Of The Channel Burstall Hill
Received 9 Feb 2026Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 9 Feb 2026Barham Lakes Pesthouse Lane Barham Suffolk
Received 9 Feb 2026Land North Of Pesthouse Lane Barham IP6 0NZ
Received 4 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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