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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.
1,393 approved · 173 refused · 67 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Grange Farm Old Bury Road Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AZ
Received 3 Oct 2025Tiptofts Farm House Long Thurlow Badwell Ash IP31 3JF
Received 3 Oct 2025Martins Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Received 6 Oct 2025The Chestnuts Bridewell Lane Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DS
Received 6 Oct 2025Kettles Farm Debenham Road Mickfield IP14 6BY
Received 6 Oct 2025Building Yard Badingham Road Laxfield Suffolk
Received 6 Oct 202530 Ipswich Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1BL
Received 2 Oct 2025Ashfield Road Norton Suffolk
Received 6 Oct 2025Pie Hatch Brettenham Road Buxhall IP14 3DZ
Received 6 Oct 2025Pie Hatch Brettenham Road Buxhall IP14 3DZ
Received 6 Oct 2025Land Off Bullen Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 6 Oct 2025Land Rear Of The Beeches Meadow Way Stradbroke IP21 5JW
Received 7 Oct 202515 Old Rectory Gardens Occold Eye Suffolk IP23 7PD
Received 7 Oct 20251 Tansy Meadow Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5RQ
Received 7 Oct 2025Land To The West Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 7 Oct 202539 Chancery Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6PH
Received 7 Oct 2025The Old Kenton Station Mill Building Old Station Yard Eye Road Stowmarket IP23 7LH
Received 7 Oct 2025The Old Rectory The Street Stowlangtoft Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JR
Received 7 Oct 2025The Old Forge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB
Received 7 Oct 2025Reeve And Co Mickfield Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5LT
Received 7 Oct 2025Camping Site And Premises To The North Of Mill Road Wyverstone Suffolk IP14 5SD
Received 7 Oct 2025Rattlesden Village Hall Lower Road Rattlesden Stowmarket Suffolk IP30 0RJ
Received 8 Oct 2025The Old Wheelwrights Cross Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AJ
Received 8 Oct 2025Land To The South Of Bullen Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 9 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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