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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 23 Mar 2017Samuel Ward Pre School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 2 May 2006Glemsford Primary School, Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Received 28 Jan 2005Palgrave Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Dec 2002Scaltback Middle School, Elizabeth Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0DJ
Received 23 Oct 2008Pakefield Primary School, London Road
Received 6 Sept 2003Northgate High School, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DL
Received 22 Feb 2016Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 21 Sept 2015Stowmarket High School, Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QR
Received 17 Apr 2025Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EN
Received 2 Apr 2009Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 2 Feb 2011Trimley St Mary Primary School, High Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 0ST
Received 16 Jul 201510 & 10 A Museum Street, 10-10A, Museum Street
Received 4 Aug 2003The Lake Lothing (Lowestoft) Third Crossing
Received 20 May 2020Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EN
Received 19 Jun 2009East Anglia One North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 20 Sept 2024Thomas Mills High School, Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 28 Jul 2000Saxon House, Whittle Road, Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich
Received 15 Jul 2005Hadleigh High School, Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Apr 2006West Suffolk PDC, Brooklands Close, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 4 Nov 2008KELSALE PRIMARY SCHOOL, CARLTON ROAD, KELSALE, IP17 2NP
Received 11 Aug 2010Childrens Resource Centre, 67A, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JY
Received 18 Jan 2011Beacon Hill Primary School, Black Tiles Lane
Received 7 Jun 2004Beccles Community Recycling Centre, Anson Way, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TL
Received 15 Sept 2011Records 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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