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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5,123 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Harpers Hill Farm, Harpers Hill, Nayland with Wissington, Colchester, C06 4NT
Received 6 Dec 2016Riverwalk Hardwick Campus-, Mayfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PD
Received 6 Sept 2017Alderwood Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 May 2012Bungay High Sixth Form Centre Hillside Road East Bungay NR35 1JS
Received 13 Feb 2021Ipswich Academy, 9, Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP
Received 7 May 2014Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road
Received 23 Jan 2004Sexton's Manor Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3HG
Received 1 May 2013Thurston Primary Academy, School Lane, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3RY
Received 18 Mar 2008Gt Blakenahm Waste Transfer Station, Masons Quarry, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 28 Feb 2013Rushmere Hall Primary School, 20, Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ
Received 14 Jan 2014Ingham Household Waste Recycling Centre, Thetford Road, Ingham
Received 2 Feb 2006iCaSH Clinic, 9-10, The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RS
Received 25 Jun 2015St Peter And St Paul Academy Primary School, Church Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BD
Received 20 Oct 2003Houldsworth Valley Primary School, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 8 May 2014Leiston Household Waste Recycling Centre, Lovers Lane, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4UJ
Received 19 Jan 2010Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 0JX
Received 28 Jun 2013King Edward VIth Upper School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 31 Oct 2007Land Adjacent to Bernard Matthews, Upper Holton, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8NJ
Received 10 Jan 2014Bungay High School Queens Road Bungay NR35 1RW
Received 6 May 2022Debtrac Centre, Ipswich Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8DJ_
Received 15 Dec 2006Westgate Community Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 10 Aug 2015St. Josephs Rc V A Primary School Beaconsfield Road Sudbury CO10 1JP
Received 13 May 2019Hadleigh Primary School, Station Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk
Received 29 Jun 2010East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 23 Oct 2025Records 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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