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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ballingdon Bridge, Ballingdon Street
Received 10 Aug 1999Southwold Primary School, Cumberland Road, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6JP
Received 17 Jan 2016Leiston Primary School, King Georges Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4JQ
Received 1 Feb 2012Tuddenham STW, Cavenham Road, Tuddenham, Suffolk, IP28 6SE
Received 16 Jan 2013Land adjacent to Sinks Pit, Hall Road, Little Bealings, Ipswich
Received 4 Nov 2016Monks Eleigh Primary School, Church Field, Monks Eleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 7JH
Received 18 Oct 2010Leiston Household Waste Recycling Centre, Lovers Lane, Leiston, Suffolk
Received 29 May 2002Warehouse, Sprites Lane
Received 16 Apr 2002First Base Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich
Received 18 Dec 2007Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 19 Oct 2010Glemsford Primary School, Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Received 11 Jan 2001Lowestoft Sixth Form College, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NB
Received 7 May 2010Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 9 Sept 2002Ixworth Fire Station, The Street, Ixworth, Suffolk, IP31 2HN
Received 24 Jul 2012Stour Valley Free School, Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8PJ
Received 20 Jan 2012Brampton Primary School, Southwold Road, Brampton, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8DW
Received 26 Jan 2000St Joseph's Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 16 Apr 2013Elm Tree Primary School (Relocation), Ranworth Avenue, Lowestoft
Received 29 Jan 20035 Oxford Road, 5, Oxford Road
Received 4 Oct 2003Biffa Waste Services, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Mar 2010Wells Hall Primary School, Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 31 May 2001POT KILN CP SCHOOL, BUTT ROAD, GREAT CORNARD, CO10 0DS
Received 3 Sept 2012Mills Meadow School, Mill Road, Gazeley, suffolk, CB8 8RW
Received 18 Jun 2013Thomas Mills High School, Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 16 Apr 2008Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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