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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.
1,530 approved · 188 refused · 73 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
4 White Lion House Broad Street Eye IP23 7AF
Received 20 Jul 2026Truckeast Limited Violet Hill Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1NN
Received 20 Jul 2026April House 4 Tyes Corner Bedfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7PQ
Received 20 Jul 20269 & 11 Chainhouse Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8ER
Received 17 Jul 2026Railway Tavern The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DU
Received 21 Jul 2026Tudor Farm Battlesea Green Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5NE
Received 21 Jul 2026Petite Planche The Planche Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3RE
Received 22 Jul 2026Port One Business And Logistics Park Bramford Road Little Blakenham IP6 0RL
Received 22 Jul 20266 Tydemans Court Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1HS
Received 20 Jul 2026Land West Of Ixworth Road Norton Suffolk
Received 21 Jul 20263 King William Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AD
Received 22 Jul 2026Camping Site And Premises To The North Of Mill Road Wyverstone IP14 4SE
Received 22 Jul 2026Mulberry Cottage Laxfield Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5PY
Received 22 Jul 2026Wychone Long Green Bedfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7JD
Received 23 Jul 2026Box Tree Cottage Cherry Tree Lane Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1DL
Received 22 Jul 202615 Model Farm Park Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2JG
Received 23 Jul 202617 Model Farm Park Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2JG
Received 23 Jul 2026Ixworth Road Norton Suffolk
Received 24 Jul 20263 Hinderclay Road Wattisfield Diss Suffolk IP22 1NF
Received 23 Jul 202616 Model Farm Park Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2JG
Received 24 Jul 202620 Noyes Avenue Laxfield IP13 8EB
Received 23 Jul 2026Container Storage Tothill Services Tot Hill Haughley IP14 3QQ
Received 24 Jul 2026The Old Rectory Mellis Road Burgate IP22 1QD
Received 27 Jul 2026The Old Rectory Mellis Road Burgate IP22 1QD
Received 27 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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