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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.
5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 May 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Received 15 Feb 2002Honington Primary School, Malting Row, Honington, Suffolk, IP31 1RE
Received 8 Jun 2006Westgate Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 2 Aug 2005Broke Hall Primary School, Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 Jul 2007Cycle Bridge, Thingoe Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 23 Jan 2014St Felix MIddle School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7BE
Received 19 Aug 2004Mildenhall Household Waste Recycling Centre, Off A1065, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7JQ
Received 15 Sept 2015Wattisham Airbase, Wattisham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 3 Jan 2011Wood Ley Primary School, Lowry Way
Received 17 Dec 2004Cavendish Primary School, The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8BA
Received 26 Apr 2005Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham
Received 1 Jun 2020The Sea Breeze Childrens Centre, 26, Beach Station Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2EY
Received 3 Oct 2013Hadleigh Quarry Aldham Mill Hill Hadleigh IP7 6DL
Received 6 Nov 2019Occold Academy Primary School, The Street, Occold, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7PL
Received 27 May 2015Claydon Academy Primary School, Lancaster Way, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0DX
Received 9 Aug 2017Eye Fire Station, Lambseth Street, Eye, IP23 7AQ
Received 20 Apr 2026Gt Blakenahm Waste Transfer Station, Masons Quarry, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 19 Mar 2013Greenways Recycling Symonds Farm, Newmarket Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RE
Received 11 Aug 2016Elm Tree Middle School, Ranworth Avenue, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9HQ
Received 28 Sept 2011I E S Breckland Crown Street Brandon IP27 0PE
Received 8 Oct 2021Leiston Primary School, King Georges Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4JQ
Received 21 May 2012Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP28 6HJ
Received 1 Dec 2011ELVEDEN C E PRIMARY SCHOOL, LONDON ROAD, ELVEDEN, IP24 3TN
Received 18 Jun 2012St Mary'S Primary School, North Terrace
Received 17 Mar 2003Records 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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