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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates2,502Searchable applications
383Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 1,684 approved or refused records
183Refused applications
1,501 approved · 183 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/02156
Householder Application - new garage building with accommodation above
Drinkstone Hall Gedding Road Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9TG
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02157
Full Planning Application - Sectional roof replacement, window replacement and installation of edge protection railings to sections of flat roof.
Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre Gainsborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1LH
Received 21 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02159
Full Planning Application - Change of use from residential dwelling to storage use
Rectory Cottage 173 Ipswich Road Helmingham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6EQ
Received 19 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02160
Full Planning Application - Replacement of ground floor windows (retention of)
6-8 Station Road West Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1ES
Received 21 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02165
Householder Application - Internal and external alterations to include the erection of two single-storey bespoke, orangeries with associated verandas to the rear elevation.
The Old Rectory Finningham Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JG
Received 21 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02166
Application for Listed Building Consent - Internal and external alterations to include the erection of two single-storey bespoke, orangeries with associated verandas to the rear elevation.
The Old Rectory Finningham Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JG
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02168
Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Replacement of existing pole under a pre-existing 33kV overhead line to increase height of pole to 9.2 meters from 7.9m.
The Woodlands Badley Suffolk
Received 20 May 2026 - RefusedDC/26/02172
Discharge of Conditions Application for 1859/12 - Conditions 2 (External Render) and 3 (Infill or Insulation)
Heron Chase Hestley Green Thorndon Eye Suffolk IP23 7LR
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02176
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Conversion of garage
36 The Beeches Little Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4LX
Received 22 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02178
Householder Application - Erection of a Rear Extension (following demolition of the existing flat roof rear structure)
2 Fitzgerald Road Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4AA
Received 22 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02179
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Use of land as residential garden
Land At Pump Lane Laxfield IP13 8FA
Received 22 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02184
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/20/02989 - Condition 10 (Sustainable Urban Drainage System)
Land West Of Richer Road Badwell Ash Suffolk
Received 22 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02186
Application for the Modification of a Section 106 Planning Obligation relating to 4942/16 (64 dwellings) to amend the Affordable Housing Scheme.
Land At Meadow Lane Thurston Suffolk
Received 21 May 2026 - RefusedDC/26/02194
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/19/02090 - Condition 23 (Archaeology : Post Investigation)
Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 22 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02196
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Retention of use Land as residential garden land - The Land in question in this application has been garden for at least several decades. Evidence includes a statement by the person who maintained the garden for 25 plus years and photographic evidence of land use from Google Earth over the last 26 years. This is clearly shows the pond and trees and boundary of the garden at Grove Farmhouse.
Land To South East Of Grove Farmhouse Grove Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LZ
Received 15 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02198
Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for DC/23/04428 (1no dwelling outline planning permission) for the variation of Conditions 3 (Approved plans and documents) 4 (Vehicular access) 6 (Biodiversity) 7 (Construction management) and 11 (Dust management) to amend the proposed scheme.
Acorns The Heath Woolpit IP30 9RN
Received 22 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02199
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/04899- Condition 12 (Access Surface)
Home Farm Poy Street Green Rattlesden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0SR
Received 22 May 2026 - RefusedDC/26/02202
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Demolition of 3no Buildings - Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Sch 2, Part 11, Class B - Former Agricultural Buildings - Buildings B, D and E.
The Gables Russell Green Wilby IP21 5LX
Received 26 May 2026 - RefusedDC/26/02203
Application for Prior Approval for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Change of use and partial demolition of existing agricultural building to create 4no. dwellinghouses.
The Gables Russell Green Wilby IP21 5LX
Received 26 May 2026 - RefusedDC/26/02204
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 and partial demolition of existing agricultural building to form 3no dwellinghouses.
The Gables Russell Green Wilby IP21 5LX
Received 26 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02205
Householder Application - Conversion of garage to ancillary annexe
Coross Eye Road Kenton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6JN
Received 26 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02206
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/04045 - Conditions 13 (EV Charging), 14 (Cycle Storage) and 15 (Access Surface Water)
Two Fields Farm Low Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BJ
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02207
Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 No. Ash (T1), Fell 2 No. Sycamore (T2 and T4), Remove 2/3m of deadwood from 1 No. Lime (T3). Remove deadwood from 1 No. Robina (T5)
The Old Rectory Church Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0PW
Received 26 May 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02208
Householder Application -Replacement of garage with new building to be used as ancillary residential accommodation.
Orchard Cottage Debenham Road Mickfield Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5LP
Received 26 May 2026
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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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