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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.
1,385 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 The Paddocks The Green Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AG
Received 11 Sept 2025Wades Barn Ipswich Road Helmingham Stowmarket IP14 6EE
Received 11 Sept 202559 Blueleighs Park Chalk Hill Lane Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0ND
Received 12 Sept 2025Living Accomodation The Six Bells Inn High Street Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JD
Received 12 Sept 2025Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 12 Sept 2025Clarkes Of Walsham Ltd The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BA
Received 12 Sept 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 12 Sept 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 12 Sept 2025Arch Farm Woolpit Road Norton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3LX
Received 15 Sept 2025The Causeway Needham Market Suffolk
Received 15 Sept 20259 Goosander Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5BD
Received 15 Sept 2025Co Operative Food Store Filling Station Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4BJ
Received 15 Sept 2025The Hyde Gorams Mill Lane Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DN
Received 15 Sept 2025The Granary Barn Daisy Green Great Ashfield Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3HS
Received 16 Sept 2025Monks Hall Hoxne Road Syleham Eye Suffolk IP21 4LN
Received 16 Sept 2025Bucks Green Cottage Bucks Green Bedingfield Eye Suffolk IP23 7LL
Received 16 Sept 2025Lautrec Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HY
Received 16 Sept 2025Land On The North Side Of Norton Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 16 Sept 20253 Drury Road Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0ED
Received 16 Sept 20256 Maltings Garth Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PP
Received 16 Sept 2025Land South West Of School Lane Fressingfield Suffolk
Received 16 Sept 2025Stowmarket Golf Club Lower Road Onehouse Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DA
Received 16 Sept 2025Land To The East Of Church Road Wilby
Received 16 Sept 2025Land On The North Side Of Norton Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 17 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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