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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.
1,542 approved · 190 refused · 74 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Port One Business And Logistics Park Bramford Road Little Blakenham Part In The Parish Of Great Blakenham
Received 14 Aug 2026The Limes The Street Wattisfield Diss Suffolk IP22 1NS
Received 14 Aug 2026The Limes The Street Wattisfield Diss Suffolk IP22 1NS
Received 14 Aug 2026Oak Tree Farm Bury Road Burgate Diss Suffolk IP22 1QJ
Received 14 Aug 2026Thurston Community College Norton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PB
Received 14 Aug 2026Bethesda Church Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AL
Received 14 Aug 202654 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AP
Received 13 Aug 2026Abbey House School Road Monk Soham Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7EN
Received 17 Aug 2026Land Creeting Road West Stowmarket Suffolk
Received 17 Aug 202652 Bury Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1HF
Received 17 Aug 202610 Aspall Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QA
Received 17 Aug 2026Bank Chambers 20 Market Place Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DP
Received 17 Aug 2026Green Meadows The Green Hessett Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9BQ
Received 17 Aug 2026Holy Oak Barn Church Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2EH
Received 17 Aug 2026Wood House Coldham Hill Denham Eye Suffolk IP21 5DG
Received 17 Aug 202639 Cardinalls Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5AA
Received 14 Aug 2026Serenity Barn Base Green Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LR
Received 17 Aug 2026Chilton Sports Club Chilton Way Onehouse Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1SZ
Received 17 Aug 2026Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 17 Aug 2026Mulberry House Quaker Lane Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AN
Received 17 Aug 2026De La Pole Arms Church Road Wingfield Suffolk IP21 5RA
Received 18 Aug 2026124 - 126 The Green Wickham Skeith Eye Suffolk IP23 8LX
Received 18 Aug 2026Land At Church Lane Brundish Suffolk
Received 18 Aug 2026Brig O Doon The Green Ashbocking Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9JT
Received 18 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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