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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5,123 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hopton Primary School, Thelnetham Road, Hopton, Diss, Suffolk-, IP22 2QZ
Received 5 Oct 2012Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Anson Way, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 29 Dec 2008Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 25 Jun 2001Scotland Street Bridge, Scotland Street, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, CO6 4QG.
Received 16 Aug 2012Alderwood Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, IP3 0EW
Received 15 Jul 20134 Grange Business Park, Tommy Flowers Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2BY
Received 29 Jan 2010Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Ipswich, Suffolk., IP28 6BF
Received 31 Jul 2017Lawn Farm Quarry, Old Bury Road, Wetherden, Suffolk, IP14 3JU
Received 2 Feb 2026Chelmondiston Primary School, Woodlands
Received 27 May 1999Castle Hill Community Centre, Highfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6DG
Received 22 Jul 2008Cavenham Quarry Cavenham Road Tuddenham Suffolk IP28 6SE
Received 26 Mar 2021HOLTON ST PETER CP SCHOOL, BUNGAY ROAD, HOLTON, IP19 8PL
Received 20 Dec 2010The Crown Hotel, 28 Market Hill
Received 23 Jul 2002Flixton Park Quarry Flixton Park Bungay NR35 1NN
Received 13 Oct 2021Woolpit Primary Academy, Heath Road, Woolpit, Suffolk
Received 6 Feb 2008NEW CANGLE SCHOOL, CHAPPLE DRIVE, HAVERHILL, SUFFOLK, CB9 0DU
Received 17 Nov 2011Old Forest Primary School., Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 14 Jul 2010Land to East of Lignacite Works, Weeting with Broomhill
Received 1 Sept 2010Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 12 Jul 2011Blood Hill Quarry, Somersham Road, Bramford, Ipswich, IP8 4NN.
Received 20 Apr 2021Wangford Quarry Hill Road Wangford NR34 8AR
Received 26 Nov 2021Darmsden Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 11 Apr 2002Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 5 Mar 2010Howard Primary School, St Olaves Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RW
Received 30 Apr 2008Records 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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