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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 1 Oct 2005The Bridge School Secondary Campus Sprites Lane Pinewood Ipswich IP8 3ND
Received 21 Dec 2020St Felix Primary School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 27 Apr 200730, Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 7DB
Received 23 Jul 2009Adnams Distribution Centre, Halesworth Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6SG
Received 17 Jan 2014Foley House Wellington Street Newmarket CB8 0HY
Received 14 May 2020Whitehouse Farm, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 31 May 2013Clare Country Park, Malting Lane, Clare, Suffolk, CO10 8NW
Received 17 Jul 2015Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 17 Aug 2010Land adjacent to Power Station, Quay, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0BG
Received 1 Oct 2008Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 11 Jun 2004Lothingland Middle School, Jay Lane, Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 18 May 2005Symonds Farm, Greenways Recycling, Newmarket Road, Great Saxham, IP28 6RE
Received 12 Oct 2025Meadow View Farm, Waste Transfer Site, Earl Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5DZ
Received 9 Mar 2007Unit 15, Cocksedge Business Park, Sandyhill Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0HY
Received 24 Jul 2006Stone Lodge Community Centre, Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Jun 2007Barnham Primary School, Euston Road, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk
Received 8 May 2006Balloon Barn Farm Waste Transfer Station, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Jul 2004Debtrac Centre, Ipswich Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8DJ_
Received 17 Sept 2010Cavenham Asphalt Plant, Cavenham Road
Received 16 Dec 2003Ley Plant Sandpit Lane Beccles Suffolk NR34 7TH
Received 21 Apr 2022Great Blakenham Highway Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham
Received 20 Aug 2007Highpoint Prison, Stradishall, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9YG
Received 5 Dec 2007New Harbour PRU, Saturn Close, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 14 Aug 2009Records 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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