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Mid Suffolk District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Mid Suffolk District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,498Searchable applications
383Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 1,682 approved or refused records
183Refused applications
1,499 approved · 183 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Listed buildings and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries+443001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries03001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries+447799515774Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas1 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- GrantedDC/26/02016
Full Planning Application - Extension to existing workers accommodation static caravan site to add an addition 3 no. static caravans.
Camstar Herbs Ltd Chestnuts Farm Langton Green Eye Suffolk IP23 7HL
Received 12 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02017
Application for Listed Building Consent - Remove old concrete floor and tiling. Excavate to a depth sufficient to allow for a minimum of 150mm of compacted Geocell gravel, 100mm of Limecrete and finishing items including underfloor heating and tiling. Install new drainage. Install and compact to 150mm thickness a Geocell aggregate base and Geotextile membrane. Install a 30mm cork board to all exterior walls. Lay a 100mm Limecrete slab over the membrane. Lay underfloor electric heating mat. Tile using Limestone floor tiles bedded on lime based adhesive such as "Kholao Colle".
60 Chapel Road Old Newton IP14 4PP
Received 13 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02018
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00890 - Condition 16 (Great Crested Newt Method Statement)
Woodside Farm Shepherds Lane Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3QE
Received 13 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02019
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement windows and doors, addition of two new windows, modification of a third. Replacement of cement render with lime render. (Probable frame repairs when exposed).
Green Oak Farm Stonham Road Mickfield IP14 5LS
Received 13 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02024
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/06288 - Condition 5 (External Plant)
Port One Business And Logistics Park Bramford Road Little Blakenham Part In The Parish Of Great Blakenham
Received 13 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02030
Full Planning Application - Plot 3 Oaks Meadow - Change of Use of Land for continued use for 1 Gypsy / Traveller Pitch siting 1 residential static caravan (permanent)
Plot 3 Oaks Meadow Land North East Of Latin Hall Brockford Road Mendlesham Suffolk
Received 13 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02032
Householder Application - Retention of trellises and erection of a gazebo and wooden raised beds
6 Pightle Grove Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0TB
Received 13 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02035
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/06288 - Conditions 60 (Written scheme of investigation) and part discharge of 61 (Archaeology Post Investigation) for plots 14 to 18 only.
Port One Business And Logistics Park Bramford Road Little Blakenham Part In The Parish Of Great Blakenham
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02037
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 2 No. Cedar (T1 and T2).
Maltdale Bridewell Lane Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DS
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02040
Discharge of Conditions Application for 5007/16 - Condition 13 (Materials)
Northfield View Phase 2 Bury Road Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02041
Householder Application - Erection of a 2 storey extension and new entry porch, removal of existing out buildings and reconfigure existing driveway.
7 Main Road Great Ashfield Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3HE
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02042
Application for Non-material Amendment relating to DC/22/03231 approved under 1856/17 - Amendment to Materials Layout to swap Redland Rooftiles to alternative like for like substitutes.
Land North West Of Church Lane Barham Suffolk
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02043
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/00737 - Condition 5 (GCN Licence)
Green Meadows The Green Hessett Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9BQ
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02047
Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act for DC/23/01951 (2no dwellings) for the variation of Condition 2 (Approved plans and documents) - Design amendments including the pitch and height of dormer features and the omission of chimneys to facilitate an off-site construction method.
Maltings Palmer Street Walsham Le Willows IP31 3BZ
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02053
Householder Application - Replacement roof over existing kitchen and demolition of outbuildings.
Great Oak Farm Thwaite Road Wickham Skeith Eye Suffolk IP23 8NG
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02054
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement roof over existing kitchen and demolition of outbuildings.
Great Oak Farm Thwaite Road Wickham Skeith Eye Suffolk IP23 8NG
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02057
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/02554 - Condition 15 (Contamination)
Moat House Farm Bildeston Road Offton Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7DB
Received 14 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02065
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00782 - Condition 3 (Biodiversity Enhancement measures)
Nottac Creeting Hills Creeting St Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8PZ
Received 15 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02071
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6. Erection of an agricultural livestock building
Brundish Lodge Dennington Road Brundish IP13 8BU
Received 15 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02072
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/03185 - Condition 3 (Biodiversity enhancement measures).
Lodge Cottage Skinners Lane Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LH
Received 15 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02085
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/01052 - Condition 3 (Biodiversity enhancement measures)
5 Bury Road Wattisfield Diss Suffolk IP22 1NW
Received 15 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02087
Householder Planning Application - Retention of storage sheds
Fern Lodge Mill Road Battisford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LP
Received 15 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02088
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q. Conversion of agricultural building into 1no dwelling.
Building East Of Haggars Mead Forward Green Earl Stonham IP14 5JA
Received 15 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02091
Householder Application - Proposed swimming pool.
Valley Farm Valley Lane Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3EB
Received 15 May 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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