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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.
1,543 approved · 190 refused · 74 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Sales At Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EG
Received 18 Aug 2026Land Outside Church Cottage Braiseworth Eye IP23 7DT
Received 18 Aug 2026Felix Cottage The Street Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RY
Received 18 Aug 2026Chapel Farm Chapel Lane Horham Eye Suffolk IP21 5ES
Received 18 Aug 2026Chapel Farm Chapel Lane Horham Eye Suffolk IP21 5ES
Received 18 Aug 202615 North Acres Willisham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4SS
Received 18 Aug 2026Elm Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket IP14 6AE
Received 19 Aug 2026The Shrubberies Needham Road Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9TZ
Received 18 Aug 2026Town Farm House College Road Wyverstone Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4SD
Received 19 Aug 202627 Recreation Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1JZ
Received 19 Aug 2026Land North Of Hill House Old Ipswich Road Yaxley Suffolk IP23 8BX
Received 19 Aug 2026Tower PKF34 Land To The North Of The A143 Near Palgrave Suffolk
Received 19 Aug 20262 Walnut Tree Cottage Mill Road Wyverstone Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4SE
Received 19 Aug 2026Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 19 Aug 2026Land North East Of Chapel Road Mendlesham Suffolk
Received 19 Aug 2026Vicarage Farm Needham Road Coddenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9UA
Received 19 Aug 2026The Old Church Eye Road Rishangles IP23 7JZ
Received 20 Aug 2026Land To The East Of Ely Road Barham Suffolk
Received 20 Aug 20262 Swan Yard Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9FW
Received 20 Aug 20262 Swan Yard Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9FW
Received 20 Aug 2026Bridge Cottage 5 Main Road Hemingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9RN
Received 20 Aug 2026Holly Cottage Hall Road Bedingfield Eye Suffolk IP23 7QE
Received 19 Aug 2026Grove Farm Queen Street Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HH
Received 20 Aug 2026Crooksell Hall Potash Lane Wyverstone IP14 4SL
Received 20 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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