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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.
1,390 approved · 171 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 25 Sept 2025Mulberry Tree Cottage The Street Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LX
Received 25 Sept 2025Gateway 14 Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 25 Sept 2025Clive Cottage The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AZ
Received 26 Sept 2025Barley Brigg Biogas Plant Barley Brigg Farm Laxfield Road Stradbroke IP21 5NQ
Received 26 Sept 202513 Castle Street Eye IP23 7AN
Received 26 Sept 2025Orchard House Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HT
Received 26 Sept 2025Hawks Mill Barn Hawks Mill Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8LU
Received 26 Sept 2025St Marys Church Road Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9PZ
Received 29 Sept 202520 Old Hall Meadow Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0QZ
Received 29 Sept 2025Bramford Sub Station Bullen Lane Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 29 Sept 2025The Spinney Bullen Lane Bramford Ipswich Suffolk
Received 29 Sept 2025Iona House Tostock Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AG
Received 29 Sept 202516 Gracechurch Street Debenham IP14 6RE
Received 29 Sept 2025Land South Of Oak House The Green Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RR
Received 29 Sept 2025Land Adjacent Doveshill Cottage Badley Hill Badley Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8RL
Received 26 Sept 2025Noahs Ark Farm House Brettenham Road Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DZ
Received 26 Sept 2025Land Between A14 And Old Norwich Road Whitton
Received 29 Sept 2025Verandah House 29 Ipswich Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1BD
Received 30 Sept 2025Land To The North Of Wellington Road Eye Suffolk
Received 30 Sept 2025Hall Farm The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF
Received 30 Sept 2025The Granary Adjacent Ashtree Farm The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB
Received 30 Sept 2025Land At Broomvale Farm Bramford Road Little Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4JU
Received 30 Sept 2025Monks Park Cottage Cockfield Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0QP
Received 30 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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