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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 dates2,524Searchable applications
385Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 1,700 approved or refused records
186Refused applications
1,514 approved · 186 refused · 73 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- DecidedDC/26/02693
Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce the height of 2 No. Yew (T1) by approximately 1.5m and prune the external growth. Reduce canopy of 1 No. Cherry (T3) by approximately 1m and remove any weak or rubbing branches.
The Red House High Street Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9PN
Received 23 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02695
Householder Application - Erection of a single-storey side extension to form ancillary annexe accommodation and garage, with associated fenestration and access to the front and rear elevations.
Timbertop Farm The Street Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NA
Received 23 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02700
Householder Application - Erection of a single storey, flat roofed detached workshop
The Hyde Gorams Mill Lane Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DN
Received 23 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02706
Planning Application. Change of use of agricultural land to two secure recreational dog exercise paddocks
Land At Grove Lane Elmswell IP30 9HN
Received 24 Jun 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02708
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce crown spread of 1 No. Oak Tree (T1) by up to 25% and balance as required.
Walnut Tree Cottage Back Hills Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DW
Received 24 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02711
Householder Application - Proposed loft conversion with flat roof dormer to the rear elevation roof structure to form new bedroom/en- suite bathroom facility
82 Onehouse Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1QP
Received 23 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02712
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/01432 - Condition 3 (Loading, Unloading, manoeuvring and parking of vehicles), Condition 4 (EV Charging point provision) and Condition 5 (Cycle Storage)
Ticehurst Gravels Old Woolpit Road Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9FU
Received 24 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02714
Application for Listed Building Consent - Remove existing sand / cement render from front elevation; and Re-render with lime render on riven laths.
Manor House The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AF
Received 24 Jun 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02717
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Remove lowest limb of 1 No. Sycamore (T1) and Fell 1 No. Sycamore (T2).
Abbotswell Rectory Lane Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9QP
Received 24 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02723
Householder Application - Construction of single-storey small timber framed home gym with one set of glazed French doors and one window to side elevation.
Meadow Croft Base Green Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LS
Received 25 Jun 2026 - WithdrawnDC/26/02724
Application for Listed Building Consent - Construction of a single-storey small timber framed home gym with one set of glazed French doors and one window to side elevation.
Meadow Croft Base Green Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LS
Received 25 Jun 2026 - DecidedDC/26/02726
Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 1 No. 10m Light wooden pole
Outside Of 20 Steeles Road Woolpit Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9RE
Received 25 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02732
Discharge of Conditions application for DC/26/00209 - Condition 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Layout)
Four Winds Sally Woods Lane Creeting St Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8PU
Received 25 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02734
Full Planning Application - Erection of two storey side extension; Conversion of existing outbuilding from a gym/utility space to a self-contained annexe (following removal of existing downstairs bedroom)
Hawthorn Cottage Langton Green Eye Suffolk IP23 7HL
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02735
Planning Application. Conversion of the first-floor accommodation to form 2No 1-bedroom residential flats.
3 Station Road West Stowmarket IP14 1EF
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02736
Application for Listed Building Consent. Works to facilitate conversion of the first-floor accommodation to form 2No 1-bedroom residential flats.
3 Station Road West Stowmarket IP14 1EF
Received 25 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02737
Householder Application - Creation of a dropped kerb.
11 Stowmarket Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8DR
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02738
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) - for continued use of a summer house.
17 Bures Close Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2PL
Received 25 Jun 2026 - WithdrawnDC/26/02740
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Erection of steel framed building
Hall Farm Hall Lane Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BY
Received 25 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02742
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/02896 - Final part discharge of Condition 6 (Foul Drainage)
Batts Farm Base Green Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LS
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02743
Full Planning Application - Erection of 4 no. dwellinghouses with related outbuildings, parking, gardens, enclosures and infrastructure, following demolition of barns, facilitated by a footpath diversion.
Hill Farm Grasshopper Lane Stoke Ash Eye Suffolk IP23 7ER
Received 25 Jun 2026 - GrantedDC/26/02745
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 - Conversion of agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse
Dagworth Farm Silver Street Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HF
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/02748
Planning Application - Change of Use of agricultural land to residential garden curtilage. Erection of extensions, new acoustic bund, cart lodge, acoustic gate and fence with additional landscaping.
Tollgate Farm Barn Norwich Road Mendlesham Part In The Parish Of Wetheringsett Cum Brockford IP14 5NQ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - ReceivedDC/26/02749
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - Construction of a Main Works Compound (RG-Main) including vegetation removal and construction works associated with the existing bellmouth, referred to as the "Early Enabling Works" (EEW).
Land South Of Old Bury Road Wortham Suffolk
Received 25 Jun 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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