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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.
1,389 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thatched Cottage Louse Lane Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0SY
Received 22 Sept 2025Acorn Place Saxham Street Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5DA
Received 22 Sept 2025136 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8DW
Received 23 Sept 2025Highlands Station Hill Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QU
Received 23 Sept 2025Woodwards Blacksmiths Lane Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9TX
Received 23 Sept 2025Deben House Prasutagus Road Suffolk Central Business Park Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1WG
Received 24 Sept 2025Sideways Cottage The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AD
Received 23 Sept 202516 St Marys Close Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4DL
Received 24 Sept 2025Land To The South Of Fitzgerald Road Bramford Suffolk
Received 24 Sept 2025The Old Cock House The Market Place The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BT
Received 24 Sept 20251 And 2 Thorpe Hall Cottages Hall Lane Horham IP21 5EA
Received 24 Sept 2025Half Acre Grove Lane Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HN
Received 24 Sept 2025Serenity Barn Base Green Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LR
Received 24 Sept 2025Park Farm Hoxne Road Syleham IP21 4LR
Received 24 Sept 2025Maple House Church Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3RN
Received 24 Sept 2025Maple House Church Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3RN
Received 24 Sept 2025Manor Farm Cottage Debenham Road Winston Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BG
Received 25 Sept 2025Manor Farm Cottage Debenham Road Winston Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BG
Received 25 Sept 2025Whip Street Motors Bramford Road Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0JX
Received 25 Sept 2025Near Chestnut Cottage Neaves Lane Stradbroke Eye IP21 5JS
Received 25 Sept 2025Land South East Of Low Road Debenham Suffolk
Received 25 Sept 2025Grange Farm Old Bury Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AZ
Received 25 Sept 2025Grange Farm Old Bury Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AZ
Received 25 Sept 2025Land At Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 25 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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