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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.
1,392 approved · 173 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 30 Sept 2025White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 30 Sept 20252 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AP
Received 1 Oct 20252 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AP
Received 1 Oct 2025Budgens At Norton Service Station Woolpit Road Norton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3LU
Received 1 Oct 2025Budgens At Norton Service Station Woolpit Road Norton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3LU
Received 1 Oct 2025National Grid Yaxley 400kV Substation Leys Lane Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8DX
Received 1 Oct 2025Land At The Leys And Ivy Farm Mellis Road Yaxley Suffolk IP21 4BT
Received 1 Oct 202538 Bury Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1JF
Received 1 Oct 2025Groveberry Lea Church Lane Claydon Suffolk
Received 1 Oct 2025Victoria Inn Norton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QH
Received 2 Oct 2025Northfield View Phase 2C Land To The West Of Chilton Fields Fuller Way Stowmarket
Received 2 Oct 2025Timberhill Hall Lane Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BY
Received 2 Oct 2025Manor Bungalow Church Street Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5PP
Received 2 Oct 2025Meadowside Lodge Warren Lane Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RT
Received 2 Oct 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 2 Oct 2025Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 2 Oct 2025Land At Stag Cafe Old A45 Woolpit Suffolk
Received 2 Oct 2025White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 3 Oct 2025Land South Of Kudu Lodge Walsham Road Wattisfield Suffolk
Received 3 Oct 2025Rose Hill Farm Webbs Road Kenton IP14 6FD
Received 3 Oct 202570 Finborough Road Stowmarket IP14 1PU
Received 3 Oct 2025Grange Farm Old Bury Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AZ
Received 3 Oct 2025Grange Farm Old Bury Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AZ
Received 3 Oct 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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