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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.
1,459 approved · 180 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Farm Church Lane Occold Eye Suffolk IP23 7PR
Received 4 Mar 20267 Princes Gardens Somersham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4PF
Received 4 Mar 2026Dairy Cottage 50 Aspall Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QA
Received 4 Mar 2026Broadlands Half Moon Lane Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RU
Received 5 Mar 20266 Great Barn Gedding Road Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9SZ
Received 5 Mar 2026Mallard Cottage Mill Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LP
Received 5 Mar 2026Bridge Cottage Cratfield Road Fressingfield IP21 5QD
Received 5 Mar 2026Rookery Meade Farm Beyton Road Drinkstone IP30 9SS
Received 5 Mar 2026Land North East Of Chapel Road Mendlesham Suffolk
Received 5 Mar 2026White House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BH
Received 27 Feb 2026Woodlands Farm Stradbroke Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5SX
Received 5 Mar 2026Jackbridge Farm Jacks Lane Great Finborough IP14 2NQ
Received 5 Mar 2026The Hall Church Lane Stonham Parva IP14 5JL
Received 6 Mar 2026Drinkstone Hall Gedding Road Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9TG
Received 6 Mar 2026Old Mill House Newtown Worlingworth Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7HR
Received 6 Mar 2026Chapel Cottage Chapel Lane Horham Eye Suffolk IP21 5ES
Received 6 Mar 2026Little Paddocks The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AD
Received 6 Mar 2026The Limes Barton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PG
Received 6 Mar 2026Grange Farm Plashwood Road Wetherden IP14 3LW
Received 6 Mar 2026Highbanks Back Lane Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3DW
Received 6 Mar 2026Barn North Of White Wheat Farm Upper Street Baylham IP6 8JR
Received 6 Mar 2026Old Mill House Newtown Worlingworth Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7HR
Received 6 Mar 2026Lower Farm The Tye Barking Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8JD
Received 9 Mar 2026Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH
Received 9 Mar 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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