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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
Mid Suffolk District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Mid Suffolk District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,558Searchable applications
385Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 1,730 approved or refused records
190Refused applications
1,540 approved · 190 refused · 74 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Listed buildings and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries+443001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries03001234000Council source
- Planning enquiries+447799515774Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas1 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- DecidedDC/26/03418
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Third reduction of one Plum Tree
2 The Old School Hinderclay Road Rickinghall Inferior Diss Suffolk IP22 1HD
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03419
Full Planning Application - Erection of 1No. wind turbine and associated infrastructure (Accompanied by EIA Statement)
Cranswick House Oaksmere Business Park Eye Airfield Industrial Estate Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8BW
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03422
Householder Application - Erection of a single-storey side extension, alterations to the hallway, new hedge row and retrospective approval for the existing gates.
Manor Farmhouse Hoxne Road Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DF
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03423
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of a single-storey side extension, alterations to the hallway, new hedge row and retrospective approval for the existing gates.
Manor Farmhouse Hoxne Road Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DF
Received 10 Aug 2026 - GrantedDC/26/03424
Application for Consent to Display Advertisements. Installation of internally illuminated signage to comprise: 3no fascia signs, 3no booth lettering, 1no digital booth screen and 4no yellow soffit lights.
Land At Scole Roundabout (Junction Between A413 & A140) Stuston IP21 4AJ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03425
Application for Consent to Display Advertisements. Installation of a free standing 12metre totem.
Land At Scole Roundabout A140/A143 Stuston IP21 4AJ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03426
Application for Consent to Display Advertisements. Various site signage including 4no free standing signs, 1no banner unit, 1no Play Land sign and 25no dot signs.
Land At Scole Roundabout A140/A143 Diss IP21 4AJ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03427
Application for Listed Building Consent - Prop up with Acro props, internally and externally. Replace rotten sole plates to front of house, replacing with new oak sole plate. Remove cement covering the bricks. Replace deteriorated brick underneath with new brickwork, four courses. Render repairs with traditional materials, inside and out, to match existing interior, exterior. Replace rotten existing windows at rear of property with same style, timber casements flush window, slim line double glazing and structural bars. No alternation of arrangement of any historic windows. Install small upstairs toilet, using slimline pipes to be hidden behind existing plaster boards wall. Toilet will connect to existing sewer work inside and out. Removal of hollow, non original, plasterboard walls to incorporate toilet into bathroom.
Forge Cottage The Green Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AG
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03432
Planning Application - Demolition of existing garage, and erection of a new garage. Widening of vehicular access. Erection of 2No dwellings with associated garages and parking.
Hill Farm Stowupland Road Stowmarket IP14 5AW
Received 7 Aug 2026 - RefusedDC/26/03437
Householder Application - Installation of a dropped kerb
4 Oaklands Brome And Oakley Diss Suffolk IP21 4AQ
Received 6 Aug 2026 - GrantedDC/26/03440
Full Planning Application - Change of use of existing ancillary annexe to form 1 no. independent dwelling
West Barn, Dagworth Hall Barns Dagworth Lane Old Newton Suffolk IP14 3QN
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03441
Householder Application - install 20x DMEGC 470W Solar Panels and a Fox ESS EP12 battery storage system on an annexe building
Potash Farm Fingal Street Worlingworth Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7PD
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03442
Application for Listed Building Consent - Install 20x DMEGC 470W Solar Panels and a Fox ESS EP12 battery storage system on an annexe building
Potash Farm Fingal Street Worlingworth Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7PD
Received 10 Aug 2026 - GrantedDC/26/03443
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/01699 - Condition 10 (Works to Timber Frame)
Monks Hall Hoxne Road Syleham Eye Suffolk IP21 4LN
Received 10 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/26/03444
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Re- Pollard 4 No. Lime (T1 - T4) to previous pruning points.
The Villa High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03445
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Use of the land for siting a mobile home for use ancillary to the main dwelling
Appleby Ashfield Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LZ
Received 11 Aug 2026 - GrantedDC/26/03451
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/01978 - Conditions 3 (Underlying fabric repairs), 4 (Wall insulation and render backing) and 5 (Render mix and finish)
Deyes Cooperage The Street Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AA
Received 5 Aug 2026 - GrantedDC/26/03452
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/02351 - Condition 4 (Biodiversity Enhancements)
Willow Farm Willow Lane Cotton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4QT
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03453
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/02352 - Conditions 3 (Window/door sections/elevations), 4 (Details of brickwork plinth), 5 (Eaves and verge detail), 6 (Roof - manufacturer details) and 7 (Rainwater goods)
Willow Farm Willow Lane Cotton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4QT
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03454
Planning Application. Conversion of 2no Nissen huts from agricultural use to 2no residential dwellings.
Hill Farm Watermill Lane Weybread IP21 5UE
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03455
Householder Application - Installation of solar panels on roof, installation of battery storage system onto an inside wall of garage and an EV Charger onto a garage wall
Threshers Barn Road To Properties Surrounding Hall Farm Langham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3EE
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/03456
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of solar panels on roof, installation of battery storage system onto an inside wall of garage and an EV Charger onto a garage wall
Threshers Barn Road To Properties Surrounding Hall Farm Langham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3EE
Received 11 Aug 2026 - GrantedDC/26/03458
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/04832 - Condition 26 (Site investigation and post investigation assessment)
Land East Of Old Station Road Mendlesham Suffolk
Received 11 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/26/03461
Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Installation of a 13.45 metre high smart metering radio mast
Debenham STW Thorpe Lane Suffolk IP14 6NG
Received 7 Aug 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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