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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.
1,523 approved · 186 refused · 73 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Blackbird Close Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PF
Received 2 Jul 2026Land At Lower Green Farm Lower Green Felsham Suffolk
Received 3 Jul 202611 Churchway Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RL
Received 3 Jul 2026Rise Hall Thurleston Lane Akenham Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6TQ
Received 3 Jul 2026Cafe And Premises Harveys Garden Plants Great Green Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3SJ
Received 3 Jul 2026Bosmere Hall Kettle Lane Creeting St Mary IP6 8LL
Received 6 Jul 202619 Front Street Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5RX
Received 6 Jul 2026Longridge Creeting Road East Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5BT
Received 6 Jul 2026Pavement Outside 14 Market Place Stowmarket IP14 1DP
Received 6 Jul 2026Richmond House The Green Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AG
Received 6 Jul 2026Land Between The Butts And Little London Hill Debenham Suffolk
Received 6 Jul 2026Brook Farm Purple Hill Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DH
Received 6 Jul 202615 Blands Farm Close Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1TD
Received 6 Jul 2026Church Farm The Street Thorndon IP23 7JR
Received 6 Jul 2026Rook Hall Yaxley Road Eye IP23 7DN
Received 6 Jul 2026Rook Hall Yaxley Road Eye IP23 7DN
Received 6 Jul 2026Orwell House High Street Flowton Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4LF
Received 6 Jul 20268 St Peters Close Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0HP
Received 6 Jul 2026Town Meadow Cottage The Common Stuston Diss Suffolk IP21 4AA
Received 6 Jul 2026Walsham Town Farm West Hall Road Walsham Le Willows Diss Suffolk IP22 1LY
Received 7 Jul 2026Dennis Farmhouse Half Moon Lane Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RX
Received 7 Jul 2026Mendlesham Manor Brockford Road Mendlesham IP14 5SG
Received 7 Jul 2026Mendlesham Manor Brockford Road Mendlesham IP14 5SG
Received 7 Jul 2026Land To The South Of Union Road Onehouse Suffolk
Received 7 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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