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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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HOLTON ST PETER CP SCHOOL, BUNGAY ROAD, HOLTON, IP19 8PL
Received 24 Jun 2010Otley Primary School, Chapel Road, Otley, IP6 9NT
Received 23 Oct 2017HARTEST PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE ROW, HARTEST, IP29 4DL
Received 11 Nov 2010Waldringfield Quarry, Heath Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Mar 2015Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 3 Nov 2002Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 2 May 2001Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 5 Jul 2010Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 20 Jul 2012Aldeburgh Primary School, Park Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5EU
Received 24 Mar 2010Stutton Primary School, Main Road, Stutton, Ipswich
Received 3 Dec 2003Trimley St Martin Primary School, Kirton Road
Received 26 Jan 2012Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 14 May 2001Masons Landfill, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX.
Received 17 Mar 2021Symonds Farm, Newmarket Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 21 Jun 2017Abbots Green Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 29 Jan 2010Flixton Quarry, Flixton Park, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NN
Received 24 Feb 2015Grove Farm Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Sept 2001Foxhall Waste Transfer Station, Foxhall Landfill, Foxhall Road, Foxhall, Suffolk, IP10 0HT.
Received 27 Mar 2023Hartismere High School, Castle Way
Received 18 Nov 2002Westfield New Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 27 Aug 2010Otley Primary School, Chapel Road, Otley, Suffolk, IP6 9NT
Received 6 Oct 2010Haverhill Community Education Centre, Camps Road
Received 28 Nov 2003Viridor Landfill Site, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 22 Jun 2018Belstead House, Sprites Lane
Received 26 Jun 2003Records 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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