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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.
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Mid Suffolk District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Mid Suffolk District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,438Searchable applications
383Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 1,631 approved or refused records
179Refused applications
1,452 approved · 179 refused · 71 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Listed buildings and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries+443001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries03001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries+447799515774Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas1 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- DecidedDC/26/00597
Application for Works to Tree/s in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 No Goat Willow (T1)
9 The Fairstead Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DG
Received 12 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00600
Development by a Statutory Undertaker -Erection of 2 No 9m Light Wooden Poles (28 Day Response)
Station Road Claydon Suffolk
Received 12 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00601
Householder Application - Erection of a single storey rear extension with additional adaptions to assist a person with complex needs
5 Montgomery Cottages Stonham Road Mickfield Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5LS
Received 12 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00605
Application for the Modification of a Section 106 Planning Obligation relating to DC/19/00646 for the tenures of the Affordable Houses
Land On The West Side Broad Road Bacton Suffolk
Received 11 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00606
Householder Application - Erection of a single storey rear extension
26 Horsefair Close Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5SB
Received 12 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00607
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05258 - Condition 3 (Biodiversity Enhancement Measures)
20 St Peters Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1LE
Received 12 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00609
Householder Application - Erection of a Single storey rear extension
Oak Farm Cratfield Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QG
Received 12 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00611
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Remove Ash Tree, Conifer, reduce heigh by 5m in height, Conifer, prune back the lateral growth to reduce the spread on all aspects by 1.5.
The Hawthorns Church Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AL
Received 13 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00613
Application for Listed Building Consent. Repairs to Building 5 (Platform 1 side) comprising works to exterior masonry, and replacement of concrete lintel with matching brickwork as per Heritage Statement.
Stowmarket Railway Station Station Road East Stowmarket IP14 1RQ
Received 13 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00614
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q. Conversion of Barn G to 3no. dwellings
Barn G Moat Farm Lower Street Baylham IP6 8JW
Received 13 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00615
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q. Conversion of Barn I to 4no. residential dwellings
Barn I Moat Farm Lower Street Baylham IP6 8JW
Received 13 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00617
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/03559 - Condition 4 (Operational Skills and Employment Plan)
Gateway 14 (Plot 3200) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 13 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00618
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/21/00407 - Part discharge of Condition 16 (Disposal of Foul Drainage) for plot 3200 only
Gateway 14 (Plot 3200) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 13 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00619
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/02971 - Condition 19 (Drainage Verification Report)
Roger Skinner Ltd Queen Street Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HL
Received 13 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00623
Application under Section 73A of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Removal of Condition 2 (Agricultural Occupation Restriction) of Planning Permission 0503/96 dated: 06/08/1996 - Erection of dwelling for agricultural worker with private sewage treatment plant and using existing vehicular access.
Bridge Farm Green Road Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3RA
Received 16 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00624
Householder Application - Rear extension to form double garage, utility room with home office over
Manor Lodge Brockford Road Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5SG
Received 16 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00625
Application of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Apple Crown reduce by 0.5-1M and deadwood. T2,T3- Lilac- Target prune and raise where needed to bring into shape.
Pansy Cottage Gorams Mill Lane Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DN
Received 16 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00626
Application of works to trees in a Conservation Area - Removal of acacia tree
Rectory Barn Church Street Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5PP
Received 16 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00630
Approval of Details reserved by Requirement 14 Provision of Landscaping pursuant to The East Anglia 3 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017
The East Anglia 3 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017
Received 13 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00633
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - One third reduction on a small Honey Lotus
Oakdale Cottage Bury Road Rickinghall Inferior Diss Suffolk IP22 1HA
Received 16 Feb 2026 - DecidedDC/26/00634
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - To removed all new growth, including epicormic shoots to the two Limes nearest the house - numbered 1 & 2. Lime numbered 3 a third reduction including the removal of epicormic growth. Limes 4, 5 & 6 on boundary a third reduction including epicormic growth. Limes 4, 5 & 6 had permission for this previously granted which has expired (work not previously done).
4 Brook Park Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1HJ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00640
Householder Application - Erection of a single storey side extension
Gable End Leys Road Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9PN
Received 12 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00642
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to DC/25/02072 - Amendments to Garage: Subdivision of vehicular opening into 3no. separate openings with oak posts and perimeter framing; Subdivision of window on west elevation to match the house; Position of external lighting moved in order to illuminate vehicular entrances and bin store; Brickwork panel to eastern elevation and link to host dwelling in a facing brick to match house and brick plinth of garage
Drinkstone Hall Gedding Road Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9TG
Received 12 Feb 2026 - GrantedDC/26/00643
Householder Application - Removal of bushes and erection of a fence with gated side entrance
Yew Tree House Ashfield Road Elmswell IP30 9HJ
Received 13 Feb 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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