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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.
1,518 approved · 186 refused · 73 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH
Received 1 Jul 2026Clay Cottage 36 Cooper Road Gosbeck Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9SW
Received 30 Jun 2026Grove Farm Queen Street Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HH
Received 1 Jul 2026Land Opposite Fressingfield Baptist Chapel School Lane Fressingfield IP21 5RU
Received 1 Jul 2026Land North Of Tye Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 1 Jul 202634 Flindell Drive Bramford Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4ES
Received 1 Jul 2026Park Farm Hoxne Road Syleham Eye Suffolk IP21 4LR
Received 1 Jul 2026Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 1 Jul 2026Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 1 Jul 2026Wilwyn Cottage The Street Hessett Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AZ
Received 1 Jul 2026Land On The South Side Of Bury Road Beyton Suffolk
Received 1 Jul 2026Tannington Lodge Barns Dennington Road Tannington Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7NN
Received 2 Jul 2026Tannington Lodge Barns Dennington Road Tannington Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7NN
Received 2 Jul 2026Tannington Lodge Barns Dennington Road Tannington Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7NN
Received 2 Jul 2026Oak Farm Cratfield Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QG
Received 2 Jul 20261 Broad Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AF
Received 2 Jul 20262 Forge Close Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AQ
Received 2 Jul 2026Chimneys The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AF
Received 2 Jul 20261 Clay Cottages The Street Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6AG
Received 2 Jul 2026Ampners Little Green Thrandeston Diss Suffolk IP21 4BX
Received 2 Jul 2026Land Off Bury Road Woolpit Suffolk
Received 2 Jul 2026Leylands Farm Middlewood Green Earl Stonham IP14 5EY
Received 2 Jul 202615 Broad Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AF
Received 2 Jul 202618 Buckshorn Lane Eye Suffolk IP23 7AZ
Received 2 Jul 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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