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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.
1,508 approved · 186 refused · 72 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walsham Town Farm West Hall Road Walsham Le Willows Diss Suffolk IP22 1LY
Received 15 Jun 2026Wood House Coldham Hill Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DG
Received 15 Jun 2026Inghams Farm Nettlestead Road Little Blakenham IP8 4LR
Received 15 Jun 2026Land On The North Side Of Norton Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 15 Jun 2026O/S 51 Station Road, And OHS 43 Station Road Claydon IP6 0HS
Received 11 Jun 202622 Rose Lane Close Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1TG
Received 11 Jun 2026New Rectory Rectory Lane Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9QP
Received 15 Jun 2026Moat Meadow Finningham Road Old Newton Suffolk
Received 15 Jun 2026Woodlands Farm Bildeston Road Ringshall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LY
Received 15 Jun 2026Land At Meadow Lane Thurston IP31 3QG
Received 12 Jun 2026Chelford Barn Combs Lane Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2NJ
Received 12 Jun 2026Old Well House High Street Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9PN
Received 15 Jun 2026Phase 4 (Plot 2) Land On The South Side Of Ashbocking Road Henley IP6 0QX
Received 12 Jun 2026The Grange Cockfield Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0QW
Received 15 Jun 2026Land South Of Yaxley Road And East Of Braiseworth Road Yaxley Road Eye IP23 7DR
Received 16 Jun 2026Land South Of Eye Airfield And North Of Castleton Way Eye Suffolk
Received 16 Jun 2026Southgate Farm Barn The Street Rickinghall Inferior Diss Suffolk IP22 1BN
Received 16 Jun 2026Woodlands Farm Bildeston Road Ringshall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2LY
Received 15 Jun 2026Pine Cottage High Hall Road Nettlestead Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4QT
Received 15 Jun 2026Truckeast Limited Violet Hill Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1NN
Received 16 Jun 2026The Old Forge Daisy Green Great Ashfield Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3HX
Received 17 Jun 2026The Old Forge Daisy Green Great Ashfield Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3HX
Received 17 Jun 2026Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH
Received 17 Jun 2026Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH
Received 17 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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