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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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Suffolk County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,123 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 May 1999 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Proposed Rally Kart Track, Bealings Road
Received 6 May 2001Chilton Primary School, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2017Pakefield High School-, Kilbourn Road, LOWESTOFT, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 6 Aug 2012Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 15 Jul 2009Thurlow Primary School, The Street, Little Thurlow, Suffolk
Received 28 Aug 2009Leiston Sewage Treatment Works, Carr Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4AS
Received 2 Mar 2012127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 8 Feb 2013St Peter And St Paul Academy Primary School, Church Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BD
Received 17 May 2013East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 9 Oct 2025Blackbourne Middle School, Upthorpe Road, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2AW
Received 17 Oct 2001Bramford Primary School, Duckamere, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4AH
Received 8 Dec 2008St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RH
Received 18 Sept 2018Hillside School, Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NN
Received 4 May 2007Henham Quarry, Henham, Wangford, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8AD
Received 1 Nov 2011WENHASTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, HALL ROAD, WENHASTON, IP19 9EP
Received 7 Jul 2010Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 12 Jul 2005Claydon Primary School Lancaster Way Claydon Ipswich IP6 0DX
Received 31 Jul 2019Beck Row Primary School, The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE
Received 16 Jun 2006Former Stowmarket Fire Station, Lockington Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1BQ.
Received 22 Apr 2025Brookside Pr-School, Sheldrake Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LQ
Received 16 Feb 2004Bungay High School Queens Road Bungay Suffolk NR35 1RW
Received 17 Nov 2022Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 11 Oct 2012Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 3 Oct 2014Houldsworth Valley Primary School, Rowley drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 10 Jun 2011Records 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 Suffolk County 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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