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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gisleham Middle School, Gisleham Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 24 Jun 2009Bungay - Castle East School Hillside Rd East Bungay Suffolk NR35 1JS
Received 20 Dec 2022Combs Community Centre, Hillside, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2BU
Received 6 Jul 2009Great Waldingfield Primary School, Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0RS
Received 12 Dec 2016Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 15 May 2014Tudor Primary School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 6 Sept 2003Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, IP5 1JG
Received 3 Sept 2009Wilby Primary School, Brundish Road, Wilby, IP21 5LR
Received 17 Feb 2009New Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8NJ
Received 23 Mar 2015Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 24 Oct 2005The Play House, 34, Hall Farm Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1PJ
Received 3 Sept 2014Meadow CP School, Enstone Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0NE
Received 8 Apr 2005Mendlesham Primary School, Old Station Road, Mendlesham, Suffolk, IP14 5RT
Received 14 Oct 2015Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
Received 17 Dec 2003Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 30 Apr 2010Heathside School, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5SN
Received 5 Mar 2007Cargate Engineering Ltd, Lower Gorse, Rougham, IP30 9HX.
Received 14 Feb 2025Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 28 Aug 2012Riverwalk Hardwick Campus-, Mayfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PD
Received 11 May 2017Warren Road, Red Lodge, Suffolk
Received 16 Sept 2011East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 18 Nov 2025The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 28 Apr 2009Dennington Primary School, Laxfield Road, Dennington, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 8AE
Received 30 Jun 2010West Row Primary School, Beeches Road, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 3 Feb 2009Records 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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