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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.
1,503 approved · 184 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Suffolk House Ixworth Road Norton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3LP
Received 29 May 2026Land Fronting Hawes Lane Norton IP31 3LS
Received 29 May 2026Manor Barn Ashfield Road Norton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3NN
Received 29 May 2026Laxfield House Dennington Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8HJ
Received 29 May 2026Moat House Green Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AZ
Received 1 Jun 2026Moat House Green Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AZ
Received 1 Jun 2026Willow Lodge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF
Received 1 Jun 2026Sawmill Barn Eye Road Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5BA
Received 1 Jun 2026The Green Tostock Suffolk
Received 1 Jun 2026Barn At Priory Farm Withersdale Street Mendham Suffolk
Received 1 Jun 2026Acorns The Heath Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RN
Received 1 Jun 2026White House Farm Mendlesham Green Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5SL
Received 1 Jun 2026Workshop At Jockeys Lane Combs IP14 2NH
Received 1 Jun 2026Gateway 14 Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 1 Jun 2026Workshop At Jockeys Lane Combs Suffolk
Received 1 Jun 2026Morgans East End Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6AS
Received 1 Jun 202652 Gainsborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1LH
Received 1 Jun 2026Shannon House 5 Cherry Tree Close Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8DH
Received 2 Jun 2026Gissings Farm Cratfield Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5SH
Received 2 Jun 20264 Hillcrest Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8HR
Received 2 Jun 2026Moat Farm Lower Street Baylham IP6 8JW
Received 2 Jun 2026Jessamine Lodge The Street Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1DY
Received 2 Jun 2026Old Kenton Station Eye Road Kenton Suffolk
Received 2 Jun 2026Land At Bullen Lane Bramford IP8 4JJ
Received 2 Jun 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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