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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Highways Depot, Brome Industrial Park, Airfield Industrial Estate, Eye, Suffolk
Received 27 Sept 2007Felixstowe Academy, Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9EF
Received 11 Apr 2014Pipers House, 11, Bluestem Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RR
Received 17 Mar 2010Holbrook County Primary School The Street Holbrook IP9 2PZ
Received 18 Jun 2021127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 22 Mar 2013Stowmarket Water Tower, Danesclose
Received 26 Oct 2004Barrow Primary School Church Road Barrow IP29 5AU
Received 6 May 2020Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 19 Jan 2009Little Sprouts Pre-School, St Thomas's Church Hall, Bramford Road, Bramford Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5BS
Received 14 Oct 2010Bramford to Twinstead
Received 20 Feb 2026North Ipswich Childrens Centre, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HB
Received 28 Sept 2010Stanton Primary School, Bury Lane, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2DE
Received 15 Aug 2011Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 11 Mar 2000Risby Poor's Heath, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 26 Feb 2002Barnard's Meadow, Barnard's Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2HF
Received 19 Mar 2010Elm Tree Primary School, Ranworth Avenue, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9HN
Received 24 Oct 2013Lawn Farm Quarry Wetherden Suffolk IP14 3JU
Received 30 Oct 2020Bungay Primary School, Wingfield Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA
Received 3 Mar 2016Felixstowe Academy (Orwell High School), Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9EF
Received 25 Feb 2013Ipswich Hospital Waste Incinerator, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 10 Oct 2003Claydon Skips Ltd Land and Buildings at, Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, IP6 0JX
Received 9 Jun 2016Flixton Quarry, Flixton Park, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NN
Received 25 Sept 2012East Anglian Two Offshore Wind Farm
Received 17 Mar 2025Bosmere Primary School, Quinton Road, Needham Market, IP6 8BP
Received 8 Feb 2017Records 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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