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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Felix Primary School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 20 Feb 2013Earl Soham Primary School, The Street, Earl Soham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
Received 14 Nov 2006Growing Places Unit 9, Hill View Business Psrk, Old Ipswich Road
Received 17 Dec 2004Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 14 Nov 2000Cedars Park Community Primary School, Pintail Road, Cedars Park, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5FP
Received 30 Jul 2020Brooklands Catholic Primary School Palfrey Heights Brantham CO11 1TU
Received 9 Feb 2022ILKETSHALL ST LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL, HOG LANE, ILKETSHALL ST LAWRENCE, NR34 8ND
Received 30 Jun 2010Cedars Park Primary School, Pintail Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5FP
Received 13 Feb 2009Masons Landfill Site Bramford Road Great Blakenham IP6 0JX
Received 20 Nov 2024Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Ipswich, Suffolk., IP28 6BF
Received 31 Jul 2017St Mary's Primary School, North Terrace, Mildenhall, IP28 7AB
Received 19 Jun 2008ABC Preschool, Strickmere, Stratford St Mary, Colchester, CO7 6YG
Received 2 Jul 2009North Farm Quarry Elveden Road Barnham
Received 24 Jul 2019Mendham Primary School, Mendham, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 0NJ
Received 27 Jun 2005Beck Row Primary School, The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE
Received 13 Mar 2003Heritage Facility Development, Ipswich
Received 5 Aug 2015Risby Primary School, Aylmer Close
Received 2 Aug 2006Whitehouse Junior School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 12 Oct 1999The Glade Primary School, Knappers Way, Brandon
Received 6 Oct 2014Cedars Park Community Primary School, Pintail Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5FP
Received 8 Sept 2014Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, IP13 9EP
Received 25 Mar 2002Deben High Scool, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 4 May 2004Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP28 6HJ
Received 26 Aug 1999Ravenswood Community Primary School, Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RZ
Received 25 Oct 1999Records 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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