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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.
1,466 approved · 180 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At The Buntings Stowmarket IP14 5GZ
Received 19 Mar 2026Land At The Buntings Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 19 Mar 20264 Langton Park Eye Suffolk IP23 7LZ
Received 19 Mar 2026Land Between The Butts And Little London Hill Debenham Suffolk
Received 19 Mar 2026Cottrells 52 Low Street Brome And Oakley Diss Suffolk IP21 4AP
Received 19 Mar 2026Cottrells 52 Low Street Brome And Oakley Diss Suffolk IP21 4AP
Received 19 Mar 20263 Pheasant Close Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3TR
Received 19 Mar 202620 Noyes Avenue Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8EB
Received 19 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To The Cottage The Green Redgrave Suffolk
Received 19 Mar 2026Home Farm Poy Street Green Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0SR
Received 20 Mar 2026Stowmarket Golf Club Lower Road Onehouse Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DA
Received 20 Mar 2026Well Cottage The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AD
Received 20 Mar 2026Well Cottage The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AD
Received 20 Mar 2026Cheyleswood The Street Rickinghall Inferior Diss Suffolk IP22 1BN
Received 20 Mar 20267 Model Farm Park Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2JG
Received 20 Mar 2026Moat Meadow Finningham Road Old Newton Suffolk
Received 20 Mar 2026Carpenters Walk 16 Church Hill Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AT
Received 20 Mar 2026Barn 4 At Hall Farm Barns Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
Received 20 Mar 20265 Orchid Way Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8JQ
Received 23 Mar 2026Cloister Cottage The Street Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1DY
Received 23 Mar 20261 Thornhill Green Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1FN
Received 23 Mar 2026Thurston Granary Station Hill Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QU
Received 23 Mar 2026Acorn House Thwaite Road Thorndon Eye Suffolk IP23 7JJ
Received 23 Mar 2026Abbots Lodge The Street Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9SX
Received 23 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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