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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.
1,374 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Goodrich Park Lion Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1BA
Received 14 Aug 20259 Priory Crescent Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5PL
Received 14 Aug 20259 The Birches Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9BF
Received 14 Aug 2025Land At Church Lane Brundish Suffolk
Received 18 Aug 20252 Newburgh Cottages Bildeston Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LX
Received 16 Aug 2025Land At 3 Mill Terrace Mendlesham Green Mendlesham IP14 5RW
Received 18 Aug 2025Denham House Hoxne Road Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DF
Received 19 Aug 2025Surwood Station Road Cotton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4NQ
Received 20 Aug 202566 & 64 High Street Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QP
Received 20 Aug 2025Brick Kiln Farm Worlingworth Road Athelington Eye Suffolk IP21 5EP
Received 20 Aug 2025Street Farm Barn Cratfield Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QD
Received 21 Aug 2025Leam Cottages Church Street Occold Suffolk
Received 21 Aug 202547 - 49 Church Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7BD
Received 21 Aug 2025Land North West Of Stowupland Road Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 21 Aug 20251 Wade House Violet Hill Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1NJ
Received 21 Aug 202555 Old Street Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3NT
Received 21 Aug 2025The Cottage 1 Chapel Road Old Newton IP14 4PP
Received 22 Aug 2025The Cottage 1 Chapel Road Old Newton IP14 4PP
Received 22 Aug 2025Fire Station Lockington Road Stowmarket IP14 1BQ
Received 22 Aug 2025Heale Cottage 42 Norwich Road Brome And Oakley Eye Suffolk IP23 8AR
Received 22 Aug 2025Catelyns House Church Road Wingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QZ
Received 22 Aug 2025Catelyns House Church Road Wingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QZ
Received 22 Aug 2025Land North Of Cedars Close Occold Suffolk
Received 23 Aug 2025White House Cottage The Street Horham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DX
Received 26 Aug 2025Records 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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