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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pannington Hall Farm, Pannington Hall Lane, Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2AR
Received 21 Dec 2016Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Mildenhall, IP28 6AE
Received 23 Jun 2017West Bank Terminal, Brett Aggregates Ipswich Wharf Operation Wherstead Road Ipswich IP2 8NB
Received 17 Aug 2021Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 15 Aug 2001Cavendish Primary School, The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8BA
Received 29 Jan 2010Abbots Green Community Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 16 Jul 2011Kedington Academy Primary School, Church Walk, Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 13 Dec 2007Beccles Fire Station, Ravensmere, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9DX
Received 20 Apr 2017East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm
Received 13 Mar 2025Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RE
Received 27 Oct 2006Whitton Primary School, Shakespeare Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 3 Oct 2014Beccles Southern Relief Road Between A145 London Road and, B1127 Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 11 Nov 2013Hopton Primary School, Thelnetham Road, Hopton, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 2QY
Received 10 Aug 2012Holbrook Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 30 Nov 2000Stone Lodge Water Tower, Stone Lodge Lane
Received 8 Apr 2003East Anglia TWO North Offshore Windfarm
Received 4 May 2022Birchwood Primary School Valiant Road Martlesham Heath Martlesham Suffolk IP5 3SP
Received 8 Feb 2024Bargate Farmhouse, Bargate Lane, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 6 Aug 201318/19, Maitland Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8NS
Received 20 Jan 2009Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 1 Oct 2009Eyke Primary School, The Street, Eyke, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2QW
Received 6 Dec 2012St Pancras Primary School, Stratford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 11 Sept 2006Flixton Quarry, Flixton Park, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NN
Received 14 Oct 2013New Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8NJ
Received 4 Jun 2014Records 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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