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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5,123 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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First Friends Pre-School, Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, CO10 0RR
Received 7 Apr 2009County Hall, St Helens Street
Received 28 May 2002The Bridge School Secondary Campus Sprites Lane Belstead Ipswich IP8 3ND
Received 11 Jan 2022Buttrums Mill Car Park, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ
Received 30 Jul 2009Balloon Barn Farm Waste Transfer Station, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Jun 2002Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, School Corner, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6PL
Received 9 Aug 2007Springfield Junior School, Kitchener Road, Ipswich, IP14DT
Received 24 Feb 2011Cliff Quay Waste Water Treatment Works, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0ET
Received 6 Sept 2011Land north of building 568, Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham, Suffolk, IP12 2TW
Received 3 Jun 2015Wickham Market Primary School, Dallinghoo Road, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 0RP
Received 7 May 2009Clare Library, The Guildhall
Received 2 Apr 2004Land at Highway Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 1 Jun 2010First Base PRU, 34, Ashley Downs, Lowestoft, NR32 4EX
Received 22 Jan 2008Pakenham Borehole, Fen Road, Pakenham, Suffolk, IP31 2LS
Received 2 Jun 2016Stepping Stones Pre-School at Coupals Primary Academy, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LB
Received 3 Dec 2015Suffolk One, Scrivener Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 May 2010Haverhill Fire Station, Lordscroft Lane, Haverhill
Received 18 Oct 2011Marguerite Jeffries Centre, 12, Whip Street
Received 8 Apr 2003Cliff Quay Water Recycling Centre Raeburn Road South Ipswich IP3 0ET
Received 2 Aug 2022Thomas Wolsey Special School, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 May 2003Helmingham Primary School, School Road, Helmingham, IP14 6EX
Received 13 Jun 2012Stoke High School, Maidenhall Approach, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PL
Received 26 Aug 2004Aldeburgh Primary School, Park Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 14 Nov 2000Old Warren House, Warren Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4QD
Received 2 Nov 2005Records 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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