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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Claydon Primary School, Lancaster Way
Received 26 Sept 2000Leiston Primary School, King George'S Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4JQ
Received 17 Dec 2010Gazeley Mills Pupil Referral Unit, Mill Road, Gazeley, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8RW
Received 6 Dec 2006Benjamin Britten High School, Blyford Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 20 Nov 2002Foxhall Quarry, Foxhall Road, Foxhall, Ipswich
Received 14 Apr 2011Foxhall Landfill Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 5 Sept 2017Ilketshall St Lawrence Primary School, Hogg Lane, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8ND
Received 19 Aug 20111 Reeds Lane, 1, Reeds Lane
Received 6 Jul 2000Fire Station Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1RS
Received 3 Dec 2020Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6QF
Received 2 Dec 2016East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 14 Nov 2025The Folly Quarry Ingham, Thetford Road, Ingham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Jun 2014Coupals Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill
Received 16 Jun 2017Suffolk Record Office 77 Raingate Street Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP3 32AR
Received 8 Nov 2019Rose Hill Community Primary School, Derby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8DL
Received 4 Mar 2010Cherry Dene, 18 Ashley Down
Received 2 Feb 2000Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 19 Apr 2002Springfield Junior School, Kitchener Road, Ipswich, IP14DT
Received 28 Jul 2004Folly Farm Quarry Tattingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2DB
Received 9 Sept 2024Alderwood PRU, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 May 2007Hopton Primary School, Thelnetham Road, Hopton, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 2QY
Received 4 Feb 2013First Class Pre-School, Houldsworth Valley CP School, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 23 Feb 2011Amenity Land off Lavenham Road Ipswich IP2 0JX
Received 16 Nov 2020Fornham Sewage Treatment Works, Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6JH
Received 19 Oct 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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