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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.
1,524 approved · 187 refused · 73 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Rectory Finningham Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JG
Received 7 Jul 2026Eastwick Farm Clay Lane Stoke Ash Eye Suffolk IP23 7DZ
Received 7 Jul 202643 Campion Crescent Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2DQ
Received 7 Jul 202652 Egret Drive Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JQ
Received 7 Jul 2026Camping Site And Premises To The North Of Mill Road Wyverstone IP14 4SE
Received 7 Jul 2026Little Cote Silver Street Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HE
Received 8 Jul 2026Land East Of Greenacres Old Newton Suffolk
Received 8 Jul 2026Laurel Dene The Street Hessett Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AZ
Received 8 Jul 2026Abbey View Cottage Cross Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AL
Received 8 Jul 202654 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AP
Received 8 Jul 2026Brook House Laxfield Road Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HX
Received 8 Jul 2026Chandos Lodge 21 Lambseth Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Glentor Norton Road Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9PY
Received 29 Jun 2026Mallard House The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EE
Received 8 Jul 20264 Perkins Way Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9PU
Received 9 Jul 2026Stowmarket Road Needham Market Suffolk
Received 9 Jul 2026Stag Park Old A45 Woolpit Suffolk
Received 9 Jul 2026Gateway 14 (Plot 3200) Land Between The A1120 And A14 Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 9 Jul 2026Cedar Lodge The Drift Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DH
Received 9 Jul 2026Chesil Cottage Cross Street Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9TP
Received 9 Jul 2026Bacton Middle School Mill Road Wyverstone Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4LH
Received 9 Jul 2026Old Wood Hall Great Green Thrandeston Diss Suffolk IP21 4BN
Received 9 Jul 2026The Toll House Brome Road Stuston Diss Suffolk IP21 4AE
Received 10 Jul 2026Acorn Place Saxham Street Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5DA
Received 10 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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