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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.
1,387 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Symonds The Street Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6AG
Received 17 Sept 2025Symonds The Street Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6AG
Received 17 Sept 2025Land Rear Of East House High Road Great Finborough IP14 3AQ
Received 17 Sept 2025Fairstead Farmhouse East End Eye Road Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5BA
Received 17 Sept 2025Barn Conversion At Athelington Road Southolt Eye Suffolk IP23 7TN
Received 18 Sept 2025137 Foxglove Avenue Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8JJ
Received 18 Sept 2025Flat 2 Bosmere Mill Coddenham Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8NU
Received 18 Sept 2025Fernside Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ
Received 18 Sept 2025Live And Let Live Upper Green Felsham IP30 0PL
Received 19 Sept 2025Live And Let Live Upper Green Felsham IP30 0PL
Received 19 Sept 2025Land At The Buntings Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 19 Sept 2025Guildhall Cottage The Street Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LB
Received 19 Sept 20251 Pump Lane Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8FA
Received 19 Sept 2025Lodge Farm Church Road Westhorpe IP14 4TA IP14 4TA
Received 19 Sept 2025Land West Of Ixworth Road Norton Suffolk
Received 19 Sept 2025Hepwood Lodge Wilby Road Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5JN
Received 19 Sept 2025Poplar Farm High Road Great Finborough IP14 3AL
Received 22 Sept 2025Suffolk House High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU
Received 21 Sept 2025Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 22 Sept 2025The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ
Received 19 Sept 2025Progress Power Ltd Potash Lane Eye Suffolk IP23 7HE
Received 19 Sept 20251 Quinton Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8BS
Received 22 Sept 202550 Ipswich Street Stowmarket IP14 1AD
Received 19 Sept 2025Maltings House The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AZ
Received 22 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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