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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5,123 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pumping Station B Grove Hill Belstead IP8 3LS
Received 5 Sept 2022Badwell Ash Primary School, The Street, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3DG
Received 16 Feb 2009Land adjacent to Sinks Pit, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2EP
Received 30 Jun 2016Ormiston Endeavour Academy (Former Thurleston High School), Defoe Road, Ipswich, IP1 6SG
Received 6 Jan 2010Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PW
Received 13 Jun 2017Priory School, Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BH
Received 30 May 2008Thomas Mills High School, Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 8 Aug 2007Abbots Green Community Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 26 Jul 2010King Edward VIth Upper School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 19 Feb 2008Hundon Primary School, North Street
Received 5 Jan 2003Saxon House, 1 Whittle Road, Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0UH
Received 29 Jul 2010Beck Row Primary School, The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE
Received 10 Oct 2011Old Forest Primary School., Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 6 Dec 2001Ellough, Benacre Road, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TQ
Received 11 Dec 2017Lakenheath Recycling Centre, Brandon Road, Lakenheath, IP27 9FB
Received 27 Apr 2026Laxfield CEVC Primary School, Framlingham Road, Laxfield
Received 17 Aug 2020Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 30 Jan 2006Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 8 Jan 2015West Bank Terminal Wherstead Road Ipswich IP2 8NB
Received 19 Jun 2019Foxhall Waste Transfer Station Foxhall Landfill Site Foxhall Road Brightwell IP10 0BG
Received 5 Nov 2020Household Waste Recycling Centre, Foxhall, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 16 Jun 2015The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 20 Jul 2012The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 3 May 2012St John's Primary School, Victory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4LE
Received 1 Apr 2009Records 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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