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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lowestoft Central Station, Station Square/Denmark Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EQ
Received 6 Aug 2013The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich, IP2 9ER
Received 16 Oct 2014Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 5 Oct 2009The Bridge School, Sprites Lane, Belstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3ND
Received 8 Apr 2016Langer Primary School, Langer Road
Received 10 Jan 2003Viridor Landfill Site, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 30 Mar 2015Bramfield Primary School, Bridge Street, Bramfield, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9HZ
Received 31 Aug 2011St Botolph's Primary School, Back Hills, Botesdale, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 1DW
Received 14 Nov 2000Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 15 Jun 2011Eye Airfield IP23 7HN
Received 28 Jan 2021Stoke by Nayland Primary School, School Street, Stoke by Nayland, CO6 4QY
Received 25 Oct 2011Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 17 Jun 2016Cockfield Primary School, Church Lane, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0LA
Received 14 Aug 2015Horringer Court Middle School, Glastonbury Road
Received 15 Apr 2002Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 30 Jun 2014Saxmundham Primary School, Brooke Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1XQ
Received 7 Nov 2016Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 12 May 2002Oulton Broad Primary School, Christmas Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3JX
Received 12 Mar 2010Scrapyard, Grove Lane and Upthorpe Road, Shephards Grove Industrial Estate, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 7 Nov 2008Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 28 Jan 2003Thurlow Primary School, The Street, Thurlow, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 9DJ
Received 22 Nov 2012Ravenswood Community Primary School, Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RZ
Received 27 Nov 2002Wilby Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 10 Mar 2003First Base Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Jan 2003Records 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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