Planning matters relating to Thurston

Local councils such as Town and Parish Councils do not have a statutory responsibility for services such as planning. The responsibility for the discharge of this function in the majority of cases rests with District and Borough Councils as the Local Authority. For Thurston this will be Mid Suffolk District Council.

How to search for planning applications at Mid Suffolk District Council  

To search for an application go to the Mid Suffolk site mid Suffolk planning pages  and search for Planning Applications, Appeals and Enforcements by keyword, application reference, postcode or by a single line of an address.

The Idox Public Access For Planning website, as shown on the Mid Suffolk District Council website, has been designed to provide an easy-to-use process for members of the public to search for and track applications for planning permission, appeals against refused consent and planning enforcements. This allow those registered to: record a list of searches made; be notified of applications that are being tracking, or are the subject of saved searches, have been modified and keep a record of the applications that they have elected to track.

Thurston Parish Council and its role in the planning function

Under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Schedule 1, paragraph 8, the Parish Council has the power to be notified of planning applications affecting the council's area and to comment upon each application that affects its administrative area.

• material considerations which includes referring to particular policies that Mid Suffolk District Council have adopted within their Local Plan
• policies within the Thurston Neighbourhood Development Plan which has been adopted by Mid Suffolk District Council on 24 October 2019.
• the most relevant Draft of the Joint Babergh Mid Suffolk Local Plan workings at the following link: https://www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/new-joint-local-plan/
• National Planning Policy Framework:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2

The Parish Council reserves the right to have all significant planning applications submitted to Full Council for formal debate and agreement prior to a response being submitted to Mid Suffolk District Council.

For details of planning applications that have been previously considered by Thurston's Planning Committee and the Parish Council please click on the year folders to see the relevant documents: