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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.
1,380 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Old Fox Yard Ipswich Street Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 8 Sept 2025The Grain Store Foxes Lane Mendham Harleston Suffolk IP20 0PE
Received 8 Sept 2025Green Farmhouse Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows IP31 3BJ
Received 8 Sept 2025Willows House Summer Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AH
Received 9 Sept 202548 High Street Debenham IP14 6QW
Received 9 Sept 2025Brook Cottage The Street Great Bricett Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7DH
Received 9 Sept 2025The Old Town Hall High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AL
Received 9 Sept 202512 Chalkeith Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8HA
Received 9 Sept 2025The Old Town Hall High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AL
Received 9 Sept 2025Downham Farm 2 School Road Monk Soham IP13 7EN
Received 9 Sept 2025Creeting Works Flordon Road Creeting St Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8NH
Received 9 Sept 2025Red House Farm Rectory Road Bacton IP14 4LE
Received 9 Sept 2025Grove Farm Queen Street Stradbroke IP21 5HH
Received 10 Sept 2025Tiptofts Farm House Long Thurlow Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JF
Received 10 Sept 2025Land West Of Church Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 10 Sept 20252 Star House Cottages Union Road Onehouse Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3EJ
Received 10 Sept 2025Stowupland Hall Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4BE
Received 10 Sept 2025Kersley Hall Kersley Hall Lane Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5LA
Received 11 Sept 2025Elkanah Ixworth Road Stowlangtoft Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JS
Received 11 Sept 2025Stowmarket Household Waste And Recycling Centre Bury Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3GP
Received 11 Sept 202527 Finborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1PN
Received 11 Sept 2025Land Loraine Way Bramford Suffolk
Received 11 Sept 2025Willow Farm Willow Lane Cotton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4QT
Received 11 Sept 2025The Old Guildhall The Green Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AN
Received 10 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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