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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1XQ
Received 25 Mar 2011Bucklesham Quarry, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Nov 2003Lower Farm, The Tye, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8JD
Received 20 Feb 2018Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Sept 2010West Row Primary School, Beeches Road, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 8NY
Received 30 Sept 2010Tesco Stores Ltd, Ropes Drive, Kesgrave
Received 15 Jul 1999Newmarket Sewage Treatment Centre, Ely Road
Received 16 Jul 2003Shepherd'S Grove General Employment Area, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 15 Apr 2002Bramford to Twinstead
Received 29 Jul 2026Rushmere Hall Primary School, 20, Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ
Received 2 Aug 2013All Saints Primary School, Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Received 5 Jul 2002Stradbroke Road Pumping Station, Land behind, 12, Stradbroke Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7HT
Received 22 Feb 2016Great Heath Primary School, Girton Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7PT
Received 9 Aug 2017Rushmere Hall Primary School, Lanark Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 13 Jul 2011St Edmundsbury Primary School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Jul 2008Harpers Hill Farm, Harpers Hill, Nayland With Wissington, CO6 4NT.
Received 7 Apr 2021Haverhill Waste Transfer Station, Homefield Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 29 Nov 1999Ipswich Academy, Lindbergh Road, Ipswich, IP3 9PZ
Received 3 Jun 2014Glemsford Primary School, Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Received 23 Jul 2009Barham Quarry, Sandy Lane, Barham, Ipswich, IP6 0PB
Received 28 Mar 2025Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 15 Apr 2014St Margaret's Primary School, Bolton Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2BT
Received 7 Apr 2017Norfolk and Suffolk Plant, Sandpit Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TH
Received 22 Apr 2017Saxmundham Primary School, Brooke Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1XQ
Received 7 Jan 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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