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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.
1,509 approved · 186 refused · 73 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
5 Hulver Close Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9YD
Received 17 Jun 2026Ampners Little Green Thrandeston IP21 4BX
Received 17 Jun 2026Ampners Little Green Thrandeston IP21 4BX
Received 17 Jun 2026Pumping Station Cangles Lane Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Received 17 Jun 2026Cranswick House Oaksmere Business Park Eye Airfield Industrial Estate Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BW
Received 17 Jun 2026Oak Tree Farm Debenham Road Kenton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6JZ
Received 17 Jun 2026Tudor Grange Main Road Nettlestead Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4QL
Received 18 Jun 2026Tudor Grange Main Road Nettlestead Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4QL
Received 18 Jun 2026Ravenseat Cutcheys Field Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3FY
Received 18 Jun 2026Pages Green Farm Pages Green Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5QA
Received 18 Jun 2026Land Eye Airfield Castleton Way Yaxley Suffolk
Received 18 Jun 2026Brockford Railway Sidings Brockford Green Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Suffolk
Received 18 Jun 2026The Meade Drinkstone Road Drinkstone
Received 18 Jun 2026Land At Diaper Farm Stowupland Road Stowmarket IP14 5UW
Received 17 Jun 20264 The Paddocks The Green Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AG
Received 18 Jun 20265, 7, 11 And 15-21 (odd) Pightle Grove, Rattlesden, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0T
Received 15 Jun 202658 Ipswich Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1AD
Received 15 Jun 2026Fen Farmhouse Fen Street Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DQ
Received 19 Jun 2026Keswick Lodge Magpie Green Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1RG
Received 16 Jun 2026Lower Cottage Leather Bottle Hill Little Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4NG
Received 19 Jun 2026Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Hill
Received 19 Jun 2026Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL
Received 19 Jun 2026Helmingham Primary School School Road Helmingham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6EX
Received 19 Jun 2026Grange Farm House Tostock Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AG
Received 19 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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