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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stonham Aspal Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6AF
Received 28 Mar 2011The Martlesham Project Fern Gate Main Road Martlesham Heath Ipswich IP5 3QX
Received 9 May 2019Hartest Primary School, The Row, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4DL
Received 11 Jul 2005Holbrook Primary School, The Street, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2PZ
Received 8 Jan 2013Lavenham Primary School Barn Street Lavenham Sudbury CO10 9RB
Received 19 Jun 2019Bramford to Twinstead
Received 2 Apr 2026Elmswell Primary School Oxer Close Elmswell IP30 9UE
Received 10 Jun 2021Risby Pre-School, Land at Village Hall, Aylmer Close, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RT
Received 16 Dec 2011New Primary and Pre-School Lakenheath
Received 24 May 2023PCS Suffolk, Meadow View Farm, Earl Stonham, IP14 5DZ
Received 18 Mar 2013Landmark House, Whitehouse Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Dec 2011Hinderclay Peat Extraction Site, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Nov 2004Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 14 May 2014Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PW
Received 10 Jun 2015Ilketshall St Lawrence Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Nov 2004Pipers House, 11, Bluestem Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RR
Received 10 May 2011PoplarsAcademy CP School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 21 Jun 2011Rendlesham Community Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2GF
Received 26 Aug 2014Barnham Primary School, Euston Road, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk
Received 22 Feb 2005Elveden Primary School, London Road, Elveden, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 3TN
Received 4 Feb 2011Abbots Green Community Primary School Airfield Road Bury St Edmunds IP32 7PJ
Received 20 Sept 2019Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre Wattisham Airfield Wattisham IP7 7RA
Received 2 Mar 2021127 Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 14 May 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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