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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.
1,539 approved · 189 refused · 74 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Angel Inn 5 High Street Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QL
Received 5 Aug 20263 Elm Lodge Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8ET
Received 5 Aug 20263 Elm Lodge Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8ET
Received 5 Aug 2026Land North Of Tye Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 5 Aug 2026Chestnuts Rattlesden Road Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9TN
Received 5 Aug 2026Chestnuts Rattlesden Road Drinkstone Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9TN
Received 5 Aug 2026Site Of Former Mid Suffolk District Council 131 High Street Needham Market Suffolk
Received 6 Aug 2026Plot 16 (Unit 27) Port One Business And Logistics Park Bramford Road Little Blakenham IP6 0RL
Received 6 Aug 2026Calinol House 5 Maple Grove Barham IP6 0PH
Received 6 Aug 2026Holly Cottage Long Thurlow Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JB
Received 6 Aug 2026Pump Station East Of Claypit Close Old Stowmarket Road Woolpit Suffolk
Received 6 Aug 2026Land At Scole Roundabout (Junction Between A413 & A140) Stuston IP21 4AJ
Received 7 Aug 2026Landseer House 92 Barton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PG
Received 7 Aug 2026Scoggings Farm Dennington Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8HJ
Received 7 Aug 2026Harphyll Barretts Lane Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8RZ
Received 7 Aug 2026Hill Top Lodge Strawberries Lane Willisham IP8 4SJ
Received 6 Aug 2026Fir House Church Hill Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AT
Received 7 Aug 2026PROGRESS POWER (GAS FIRED POWER STATION) ORDER 2015 Progress Power Eye
Received 5 Aug 2026Land Off Low Road Debenham Suffolk
Received 7 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To Moat House Badwell Green Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3JG
Received 7 Aug 2026Wetherden Lodge Elmswell Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LG
Received 10 Aug 202693 Lockington Crescent Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DA
Received 10 Aug 202623 Heather Close Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PX
Received 10 Aug 20269 - 11 Devon Road Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4BZ
Received 10 Aug 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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