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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.
1,551 approved · 191 refused · 74 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Framsden Greyhound The Street Framsden IP14 6HG
Received 9 Sept 2026Ashes Farm Newton Road Stowmarket IP14 5AD
Received 9 Sept 2026Ashes Farm Newton Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5AD
Received 9 Sept 2026Mill House Mill Lane Henley Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0QB
Received 9 Sept 2026Red House Farm Mickfield Road Stonham Aspal IP14 5LT
Received 9 Sept 2026Brook Farm Brettenham Road Rattlesden IP30 0ST
Received 7 Sept 2026Brook Farm Brettenham Road Rattlesden IP30 0ST
Received 7 Sept 2026Corner Bungalow Tye Lane Willisham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4SP
Received 9 Sept 2026Land Adjacent To Willow Farm Worlingworth Road Wilby
Received 10 Sept 2026Harphyll Barretts Lane Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8RZ
Received 10 Sept 2026Eastwick Farm Clay Lane Stoke Ash Eye Suffolk IP23 7DZ
Received 10 Sept 2026The Nutshell Milton Road South Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1EZ
Received 10 Sept 2026Lady Greene Cottage Pakenham Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QJ
Received 10 Sept 2026Lady Greene Cottage Pakenham Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QJ
Received 10 Sept 2026Dreams Park Land On The South-East Side Of Brockford Road Mendlesham Stowmarket IP14 5NU
Received 10 Sept 2026Manor Farm Pakenham Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QJ
Received 10 Sept 202652 Bury Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1HF
Received 10 Sept 2026St Helier Broad Road Bacton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4NB
Received 11 Sept 2026Wingfield College Church Road Wingfield Diss Suffolk IP21 5RA
Received 11 Sept 2026Climax Molybdenum Uk Ltd Needham Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2AE
Received 11 Sept 2026Groveberry Lea Church Lane Claydon Suffolk
Received 11 Sept 2026Land At Eye Airfield Castleton Way Eye Suffolk
Received 11 Sept 2026The Homestead The Street Brome And Oakley Eye Suffolk IP23 8AE
Received 11 Sept 2026Grove Farm Queen Street Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5HH
Received 11 Sept 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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