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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.
1,483 approved · 182 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Limes Hotel High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8DQ
Received 13 Apr 2026Phase 4 Extension (Port One South) Port One Logistics Park Blackacre Hill Great Blakenham
Received 2 Apr 2026Overhead Electricity Line Off Valley Lane To Hall Orchard Brettenham Road Buxhall Suffolk
Received 13 Apr 2026Herdwick House The Street Norton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3NA
Received 13 Apr 2026Former Chapel Of Rest Adjacent To The Brambles The Street Laxfield IP13 8DZ
Received 13 Apr 202614 Swift Drive Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5NB
Received 13 Apr 2026Battisford Hall Church Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2HG
Received 14 Apr 2026Knock O Ronald Church Meadow Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JU
Received 14 Apr 2026Brome Grange Hotel Norwich Road Brome And Oakley Eye Suffolk IP23 8AP
Received 14 Apr 2026Gyfford Manor Walsham Road Wattisfield Diss Suffolk IP22 1NZ
Received 14 Apr 2026Bartrums Road Services Ltd Brome Industrial Park Airfield Industrial Estate Brome And Oakley Eye Suffolk IP23 7HN
Received 14 Apr 2026Sunnyview Long Green Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1RD
Received 14 Apr 2026Derry Brook Farm The Butts Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6PS
Received 14 Apr 2026Gateway 14 (Plot 3200) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 14 Apr 2026Land Opposite Hall Farm Stradbroke Road Horham IP21 5DZ
Received 15 Apr 2026St Peters Church Church Road Felsham Suffolk
Received 15 Apr 2026The Old Post Office The Green Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9NY
Received 15 Apr 2026Elm Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket IP14 6AE
Received 15 Apr 20264 Beech Close Eye Suffolk IP23 7FB
Received 15 Apr 2026Garden Cottage New Street Stradbroke IP21 5JG
Received 10 Apr 2026Marsh Cottage The Marsh Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1PN
Received 15 Apr 2026Land To The West Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 15 Apr 202613A Castle Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AN
Received 15 Apr 2026Little Croft The Street Wattisfield Diss Suffolk IP22 1NT
Received 15 Apr 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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