Understanding planning · 13 min read
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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Henham Quarry Henham Suffolk NR34 8AN
Received 16 Dec 2022Parkway Middle School, Park Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 6 Oct 2005Brookside Pr-School, Sheldrake Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LQ
Received 18 Feb 2005Somerleyton Primary School, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 14 Mar 2008Lime Grove Estate, 7, Falconer Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7XU
Received 29 Apr 2009Newmarket Cycleway, Willie Snaith Road
Received 30 Nov 2004Worlingham Primary School, Rectory Lane, Worlingham
Received 27 Jun 2007Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 25 Jan 2008Red Lodge Primary School (The Pines), Kings Warren Business Park, Manor Wood, Red Lodge, IP28 8WG
Received 24 Jul 2017Hillside Primary School, Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, IP2 8NU
Received 3 Jun 2014Henley Primary School, Ashbroking Road, Henley, Ipswich, IP6 0QX
Received 25 Nov 2011Nacton Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 7 Oct 2003Hill View Farm, Old Ipswich Road
Received 6 Dec 2000Combs Community Centre, Hillside, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2BU
Received 22 Dec 2009St Gregory CEVC Primary School, Church Street, Sudbury, CO10 2BJ.
Received 1 Jul 2024Worlington Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Aug 2004Reydon Primary School, Jermyns Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 20 Aug 2010Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 17 Aug 2018Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Barham Ipswich IP6 0PB
Received 26 Jan 2022All Saints Primary School Sudbury, Acton Lane
Received 29 Oct 2001St Edmundsbury Primary School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 6 Jul 1999Flixton Park Quarry, Homersfield Road, Flixton West, NR35 1NN
Received 7 Aug 2025Brooklands, Hospital Road
Received 17 Apr 2002Alexandra House, 67a, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JY
Received 4 Mar 2010Records 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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