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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.
1,552 approved · 191 refused · 74 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Orwell House High Street Flowton Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4LF
Received 11 Sept 2026St Mary And St Peters Church Church Lane Barham IP6 0PU
Received 14 Sept 2026Trickers Green Farm House Park Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2JR
Received 14 Sept 2026Oak Cottage 79 Langton Green Eye Suffolk IP23 7HL
Received 14 Sept 2026Bridge House The Green Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AJ
Received 14 Sept 2026Crackthorn Cottage The Street Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RY
Received 14 Sept 2026111 - 112 Claydon Business Park Great Blakenham IP6 0NL
Received 14 Sept 2026Land To The East Of Ixworth Road Thurston Suffolk
Received 14 Sept 2026Barham Quarry Barham
Received 14 Sept 2026Barham Quarry Barham
Received 14 Sept 2026Barn A Eastlands Farm Eastlands Lane Finningham IP14 4HX
Received 15 Sept 2026Barn B Eastlands Farm Eastlands Lane Finningham IP14 4HX
Received 15 Sept 2026Pump House Goldbrook Hoxne Suffolk
Received 15 Sept 2026Oak Tree Farm Bury Road Burgate Diss Suffolk IP22 1QJ
Received 15 Sept 2026Whitehouse Old Barn Church Lane Earl Stonham IP14 5EA
Received 14 Sept 2026Sundial Lodge And Woodland Lodge London City Road Wilby Eye Suffolk IP21 5LT
Received 16 Sept 202640 Church Hill Low Street Hoxne Eye Suffolk IP21 5AT
Received 16 Sept 2026Vine Farm Braiseworth Road Eye Suffolk IP23 7DR
Received 16 Sept 2026Mill Green Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BZ
Received 16 Sept 2026East Anglia Three Offshore Windfarm Tye Lane Bramford Suffolk
Received 16 Sept 2026Land Between Denmark Street And Diss Substation
Received 15 Sept 2026Land East Of Bacton Road Bacton Road Haughley IP14 3QZ
Received 16 Sept 2026Public House And Premises Church Road Wingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5RA
Received 16 Sept 2026Oak House The Green Redgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1RR
Received 15 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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