Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
1,474 approved · 181 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
The Forge Church Road Redlingfield IP23 7QS
Received 27 Mar 2026Noble House Warren Lane Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RT
Received 27 Mar 2026Cart Shed Mill Lane Baylham IP6 8LG
Received 30 Mar 2026Cart Shed Mill Lane Baylham Suffolk IP14 8LG
Received 30 Mar 2026Noble House Warren Lane Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RT
Received 30 Mar 2026The Hall Thorpe Hall Road Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5EB
Received 30 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To York House The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AD
Received 27 Mar 2026Little Mead The Street Mendham Harleston Suffolk IP20 0NH
Received 27 Mar 2026Vicarage Farm Needham Road Coddenham IP6 9UA
Received 30 Mar 202641 Low Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AS
Received 30 Mar 2026Tannington Lodge Dennington Road Tannington Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7NN
Received 30 Mar 2026The Willows Stowmarket Road Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5RB
Received 30 Mar 2026Land And Football Pitches At The Bacton Scout Hut Rectory Road Bacton IP14 4LE
Received 30 Mar 2026Chapel Farm Chapel Lane Horham Eye Suffolk IP21 5ES
Received 30 Mar 2026Barns At Moorbridge Farm Moorbridge Lane Harleston IP14 3JH
Received 30 Mar 2026Land North West Of Church Road Weybread Diss Suffolk IP21 5TR
Received 31 Mar 202630 Poplar Hill Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2AS
Received 31 Mar 2026Rectory Cottage Church Street Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5PP
Received 31 Mar 2026Chilton Sports Club Chilton Way Stowmarket (Part In The Parish Of Onehouse) IP14 1SZ
Received 31 Mar 20262 Hilltop Cottage Long Green Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1PW
Received 31 Mar 2026Land Off Woodwards Lane Needham Market Suffolk
Received 31 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Roy Humphreys Prestige Cars Thrandeston Suffolk
Received 31 Mar 2026Evelyn Fison Mews Eastward Place Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 31 Mar 2026Barn House Norwich Road Little Stonham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JT
Received 31 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage