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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.
1,527 approved · 188 refused · 73 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Field House Luffs Lane Mickfield Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5LL
Received 15 Jul 2026Keepers Cottage Thorpe Hall Thorpe Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NE
Received 15 Jul 2026Barn At Thorpe Hall Thorpe Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Suffolk
Received 15 Jul 2026House Barn Thorpe Hall Thorpe Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NE
Received 15 Jul 2026Wood Nook Cottage The Street Rickinghall Superior Diss Suffolk IP22 1DY
Received 15 Jul 2026Orchard Cottage Debenham Road Mickfield Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5LP
Received 15 Jul 2026Former Grampian Harris Site St Edmunds Drive Elmswell Suffolk
Received 16 Jul 2026Outside Old Roses Wingfield Road Syleham Diss IP21 5RF
Received 16 Jul 2026High Elm Bungalow Crowfield Road Stonham Aspal Suffolk
Received 16 Jul 202613 Market Place Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1EA
Received 16 Jul 2026Land At Stowupland Pumping Station Church Road Stowupland IP14 4BG
Received 16 Jul 2026Truckeast Limited Violet Hill Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1NN
Received 16 Jul 2026The Hoot Valley Lane Great Finborough Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3BE
Received 16 Jul 2026White Hall Barn Stowmarket Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BU
Received 17 Jul 2026Bramley House The Street Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RW
Received 17 Jul 2026Kingfisher The Street Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9SX
Received 17 Jul 2026Poplar Hall Barn Low Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BS
Received 17 Jul 2026Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 17 Jul 2026Land At Woodlands Farm Stowmarket Road Badley Suffolk
Received 17 Jul 2026Wyndy Ridge Main Road Hemingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9RJ
Received 17 Jul 2026The Copper Beech 2 Takers Lane Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2AA
Received 17 Jul 2026The Dog Inn Ixworth Road Norton IP31 3LP
Received 17 Jul 2026The Copper Beech 2 Takers Lane Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2AA
Received 17 Jul 2026Royal Oak House The Street Wattisfield Diss Suffolk IP22 1NS
Received 20 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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