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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.
1,378 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blea Tarn Low Water Lane Palgrave IP22 1SW
Received 1 Sept 2025Underwood House The Street Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1DZ
Received 1 Sept 2025Riverside Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HY
Received 1 Sept 2025Ash Tree Cottage Half Moon Lane Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RX
Received 1 Sept 202514 Priory Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QD
Received 1 Sept 2025St Josephs Centre Old Station Road Mendlesham IP14 5RT
Received 2 Sept 2025Broad Oak Cottage High Road Great Finborough Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3AA
Received 2 Sept 2025Monks Hall Hoxne Road Syleham Eye Suffolk IP21 4LN
Received 2 Sept 2025Monks Hall Hoxne Road Syleham Eye Suffolk IP21 4LN
Received 2 Sept 2025Monks Hall Hoxne Road Syleham Eye Suffolk IP21 4LN
Received 2 Sept 2025Adjacent To No 63 Eastern Way Elmswell Suffolk
Received 2 Sept 2025Plot 3 Stoke Farm Stoke Farm Drive Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2NA
Received 2 Sept 2025Old Kenton Station Eye Road Kenton Suffolk
Received 2 Sept 2025Snapdragon The Green Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9NY
Received 3 Sept 2025Hill Farm Hill Farm Road Laxfield IP13 8HA
Received 3 Sept 2025Willow Farm Barn The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF
Received 3 Sept 2025The Paddocks Walsham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JE
Received 3 Sept 2025Haven Cottage Mill Road Occold Eye Suffolk IP23 7PN
Received 3 Sept 2025Land North Of Tye Lane Tye Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 3 Sept 2025Field To The South Of Poplar Hall, Off Bakers Lane Winston Green IP14 6BT
Received 3 Sept 2025Willow Vale Farm Fen Lane Earl Stonham Stowmarket Suffolk IP6 8PQ
Received 3 Sept 2025Land North West Of Stowupland Road Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 4 Sept 2025Land On The North Side Of Norton Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 4 Sept 2025The Old Church Eye Road Rishangles Eye Suffolk IP23 7JZ
Received 4 Sept 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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