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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.
1,495 approved · 183 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gable End Leys Road Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9PN
Received 24 Apr 2026Thurston Community College Norton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PB
Received 24 Apr 2026Land East Of Hockey Hill Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Suffolk
Received 24 Apr 2026Hall Farm House Summer Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AH
Received 24 Apr 202626 St Marys Road Creeting St Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8LZ
Received 24 Apr 20269 Keytes Way Great Blakenham Suffolk IP6 0NE
Received 27 Apr 2026Land East Of Hockey Hill Wetheringsett Cum Brockford IP14 5PN
Received 27 Apr 2026Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley IP24 2AH
Received 27 Apr 2026Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 27 Apr 2026Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 27 Apr 2026Osmond House The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BS
Received 27 Apr 202616 Model Farm Park Road Combs IP14 2JG
Received 27 Apr 2026Abbotts Hall Crowe Street Stowmarket IP14 1DL
Received 27 Apr 2026Stables Bobby Hill Wattisfield Suffolk IP22 1NL
Received 27 Apr 2026Oakgrove Barn Barrells Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3SG
Received 27 Apr 2026Oakgrove Barn Barrells Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3SG
Received 27 Apr 2026Black Horse Farmhouse Wingfield Road Syleham IP21 4LP
Received 27 Apr 2026Hollywell Cottage Town House Road Langham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3EB
Received 27 Apr 2026Gateway 14 (1900) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 27 Apr 2026Old Kenton Station Eye Road Kenton Part In The Parish Of Bedingfield IP23 7LH
Received 27 Apr 2026Stone Farm Cottage Cockfield Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0HP
Received 27 Apr 2026The Granary Barn Daisy Green Great Ashfield IP31 3HS
Received 27 Apr 2026Loke Farm Wood Road Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RR
Received 28 Apr 2026Battisford Hall Church Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2HG
Received 28 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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