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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bucklesham Primary School, Main Road, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Feb 2007Stoke By Nayland Primary School, School Street, Stoke by Nayland
Received 23 Dec 2002Howard Primary School, St Olaves Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RW
Received 5 Jun 2013Needham Market Fire Station, Barking Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8ET
Received 8 Nov 2006New Cangle, Chapple Drive, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0DU
Received 2 Dec 2016Creeting St Mary Primary School, All Saints Road
Received 16 Oct 2001Deben High School, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 26 Jan 2009Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6BN
Received 14 Dec 2006Bury St Edmunds Sewage Treatment Works, Fornham Park
Received 22 Jan 2001St Alban's High School, Digby Road, Ipswich
Received 7 May 2008St Pancras Primary School, Stratford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Feb 2001Peasenhall Primary School, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 6 Jun 2003Elmswell Fire Station, School Road, Elmswell, Suffolk, IP30 9EE
Received 24 Jul 2012Endeavour House, Ipswich
Received 28 Jan 2008Tree Tops Pre-school, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 21 Jul 2009Cavenham Quarry Martston's Pit Cavenham Heath Cavenham Bury St Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 3 Apr 2020St Felix MIddle School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7BE
Received 5 Oct 2006WELLS HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, WELLS HALL ROAD, GREAT CORNARD, CO10 0NH
Received 19 Dec 2011REYDON PRIMARY SCHOOL, JERMYNS ROAD, REYDON, IP18 6QB
Received 22 Dec 2009Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 8 Aug 2025Harbour Pupil Referral Unit Horizon School Saturn Close Lowestoft NR32 4TD
Received 3 Sept 2021Pemberton House, 13, Curriers Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Nov 2008Springfield Junior School, Kitchener Road, Ipswich, IP14DT
Received 14 May 2010Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 7 Jul 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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