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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.
1,500 approved · 183 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
Received 18 May 2026Place Farm Old Bury Road Stuston Diss Suffolk IP21 4AD
Received 18 May 20262 Holiday Farm Cottages Fen Road Hinderclay Diss Suffolk IP22 1HS
Received 18 May 2026Barkers Farm Brettenham Road Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0ST
Received 18 May 2026Land South Of Old Newton School School Road Old Newton
Received 18 May 2026Green Meadows The Green Hessett Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9BQ
Received 18 May 2026Helmingham Cottage Framsden Road Pettaugh Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6DX
Received 15 May 2026Opposite Green Farm The Green Tannington Suffolk
Received 18 May 20262 Caird Field Henley Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0FS
Received 18 May 2026The Annex The Stables The Street Stoke Ash Eye Suffolk IP23 7EW
Received 18 May 202646 Old Street Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3NX
Received 18 May 2026Cafe And Premises Recreation Ground Finborough Road Stowmarket IP14 1PR
Received 18 May 2026North Wing Creeting Hall Access Track To Creeting Hall Creeting St Peter IP6 8QZ
Received 18 May 202625 Station Road West Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 18 May 2026Bramford Sports Pavilion Acton Road Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4HU
Received 18 May 2026East Anglia Three Offshore Windfarm Tye Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 19 May 2026Stowmarket Road Baylham Great Blakenham IP6 0LZ
Received 19 May 2026Grange Farm Plashwood Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LW
Received 18 May 202613 Castle Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AN
Received 19 May 2026Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
Received 19 May 2026Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DR
Received 20 May 2026Monks Hall Hoxne Road Syleham Eye Suffolk IP21 4LN
Received 20 May 2026Car Sales At Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EG
Received 20 May 20264 Birds Garden Cottages East End Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6AS
Received 21 May 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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