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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Riverwalk Special School, South Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JZ
Received 26 Mar 2007Wickham Market Primary School, Dallinghoo Road, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 0RP
Received 12 May 2008Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
Received 8 Feb 2015Newton Sewer - North of Sudbury Road, Sudbury Road, Newton, Suffolk
Received 15 May 2013Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 3 Mar 2015Bungay High School, Queens Road, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 26 Jan 2000Nayland Primary School, Bear Street, Nayland
Received 7 Jul 2011Ixworth Primary School, Crown Lane, Ixworth, Suffolk
Received 17 Feb 2012Paddocks Primary School, Rochfort Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0DL
Received 9 Jul 2012All Saints Primary School, Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Received 13 Sept 2010Bosmere Primary School, Quinton Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, IP6 8DA
Received 31 Mar 2014Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk., NR33 7DS
Received 27 Apr 2015North Farm, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PF
Received 17 Nov 2014SAXMUNDHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL-, BROOK FARM ROAD, SAXMUNDHAM, SUFFOLK, IP17 1XQ
Received 1 Feb 2012Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 22 Jan 2008Dell Primary School, Dell Road
Received 17 Sept 2003Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 21 Sept 2015East Bergholt High School, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6RJ
Received 16 Mar 2001Stowupland High School Sixth Form Centre, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
Received 16 Jan 2020Great Finborough Primary School, High Road
Received 22 Aug 2000All Saints Primary, The Street, Lawshall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 24 Mar 2005Lakenheath Primary School, Mill Road, Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 9DU
Received 15 Nov 2011Wood Ley Primary School, Lowry Way
Received 28 Mar 2003Lakenheath Primary School, Mill Road, Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 9DU
Received 21 Oct 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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