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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.
1,493 approved · 183 refused · 72 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 On The South Side Of Ashbocking Road Henley Suffolk
Received 21 Apr 2026Colt Meadow Farm School Road Old Newton IP14 4PJ
Received 21 Apr 2026Willow Farm Willow Lane Cotton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4QT
Received 21 Apr 2026Pennyplot House Little London Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2ET
Received 21 Apr 2026Land North Of Tye Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 21 Apr 2026Hillside Cottage Birds Green Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0RT
Received 21 Apr 2026Brookside School Road Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9PS
Received 22 Apr 2026Dennis Farmhouse Half Moon Lane Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RX
Received 22 Apr 2026The Bungalow Straight Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LZ
Received 22 Apr 20269A Sorley Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1UY
Received 22 Apr 2026Land Between A140 And Leys Lane Yaxley Suffolk Yaxley, Eye
Received 22 Apr 2026Land Between A140 And Leys Lane Yaxley Eye
Received 22 Apr 2026Appleby Ashfield Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LZ
Received 22 Apr 2026Wetherden Hall Bungalow Base Green Wetherden Suffolk IP14 3LS
Received 22 Apr 2026New Green Trust New Green Trust Community Centre New Green Avenue Thurston Suffolk IP31 3TG
Received 22 Apr 2026119 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8DQ
Received 22 Apr 2026Denmark Hill Palgrave IP22 1AA
Received 23 Apr 2026Flint Barns & Outbuildings At Park Farm Westhorpe Road Wyverstone Stowmarket IP14 4SP
Received 23 Apr 2026Vine Farm Braiseworth Road Eye Suffolk IP23 7DR
Received 23 Apr 2026Seeblick Rectory Road Bacton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4LE
Received 23 Apr 2026Units 1c 1d And 1e Williamsport Way Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8RW
Received 23 Apr 20261-6 Harleston Corner Harleston IP14 3HR
Received 23 Apr 20261 Rookery Farm Cottage Badingham Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8JA
Received 24 Apr 2026Botany Farm Crownland Road Walsham Le Willows Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4TB
Received 24 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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