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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Elm Tree Middle School, Ranworth Avenue, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9HQ
Received 29 Dec 2010Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 26 Oct 1999Mellis Primary School, Yaxley Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8DY
Received 26 Nov 1999Underoak, Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 11 Jun 2002Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 May 2000St Mary's Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4BA
Received 5 Nov 2013The Beccles Centre, Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQ
Received 5 Jun 2017Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RE
Received 18 Apr 2016Dell CP School, Dell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9NU
Received 8 Oct 2009Needham Market Middle School, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Feb 2003Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PY
Received 16 Feb 2017Temple Bridge, Parishes of Icklingham & Tuddenham
Received 19 Sept 2011Risby Primary School, Aylmer Close, Risby, Bury St Edmudns, IP28 6RT
Received 12 Jul 2017Hollow Road Farm, Hollow Road, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1SJ
Received 20 Dec 2016Britannia Primary School, Britannia Road, Ipswich
Received 1 Sept 2001The Kingsfield Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Received 11 Jun 2003Felixstowe Sewage Treatment Works, Walton Avenue
Received 20 Jun 2001Flixton Park Quarry Homersfield Road Flixton West NR35 1NN
Received 23 Jul 2021Somersham Primary School, Church Lane, Somersham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4PN
Received 26 May 2017Debtrac Centre, Ipswich Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk., IP6 8DJ
Received 11 Nov 2013The Folly Quarry Ingham, Thetford Road, Ingham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 9 Jul 2007Palgrave Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Jul 2004Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, School Corner, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6PL
Received 7 Mar 20078, Wrights Way, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9TY
Received 9 Aug 2003Records 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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