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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.
1,456 approved · 180 refused · 71 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9A Sorley Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1UY
Received 23 Feb 2026The Rooks Old Paper Mill Lane Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0AL
Received 23 Feb 2026Gateway 14 (1900) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 23 Feb 2026Mill Cottage Church Street Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5PP
Received 23 Feb 2026Aysgarth Broomhill Lane Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9SH
Received 16 Feb 2026Land At Blackacre Hill Bramford Road Great Blakenham Suffolk
Received 23 Feb 2026Hall Cottages Church Lane Stonham Parva Suffolk
Received 24 Feb 2026Land At The Street Thorndon IP23 7JN
Received 20 Feb 2026Green Meadows The Green Hessett Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9BQ
Received 17 Feb 2026Green Meadows The Green Hessett Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9BQ
Received 24 Feb 2026The Nutshell Milton Road South Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1EZ
Received 24 Feb 2026Willow Farm The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF
Received 25 Feb 2026Wood House Coldham Hill Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DG
Received 19 Feb 2026The Nissen Hut Papermill Lane Bramford IP8 4BX
Received 25 Feb 2026The Annex The Stables The Street Stoke Ash Eye Suffolk IP23 7EW
Received 23 Feb 2026Two Fields Farm Low Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BJ
Received 25 Feb 2026Barn Two White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 25 Feb 2026The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Received 23 Feb 2026The Bramblings Thorney Green Road Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4AB
Received 25 Feb 202681 Finborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1PT
Received 23 Feb 202681 Finborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1PT
Received 23 Feb 2026Water Tower Danes Close Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 25 Feb 2026Maltings House The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AZ
Received 25 Feb 2026Land And Buildings Adjacent To Creeting Hills Farm Creeting St Mary IP6 8PZ
Received 25 Feb 2026Records 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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