Understanding planning · 13 min read
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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Maltings Farm, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 4 Mar 2011Thurston Primary School, School Lane, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 22 Jun 2007College Heath Primary School, Girton Close
Received 13 May 2008Ipswich Academy, Brazier's Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 13 Feb 2012Mellis Primary School, Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk
Received 12 Aug 2013Land forming part of Gainsborough Sports Centre site, Brazier's Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 OSP
Received 11 Jan 2010Handford Hall Primary School, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ
Received 29 Apr 2009Honington Primary School, Malting Row, Honington, Suffolk, IP31 1RE
Received 8 Jun 2006Land adjacent to Junction of Beyton Road, Tostock, Suffolk, IP30 9PH
Received 24 Nov 2017., Scotland Street, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, CO6 4QG
Received 28 Aug 2012Ravenswood Children's Centre and Community Building, 103, Hening Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9QJ
Received 25 Jan 2010Beacon Hill Primary School, Black Tiles Lane
Received 27 Feb 2002Copleston High School Copleston Road Ipswich IP4 5HD
Received 13 Apr 2021Honington Primary School, Malting Row, Honington, Suffolk, IP31 1RE
Received 5 Apr 2013EXNING PRIMARY SCHOOL, OXFORD STREET, EXNING, Newmarket, CB8 7EW
Received 22 May 2012Swiss Centre, Scrivener Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Nov 2008Elmswell Primary School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 29 Apr 2009School Bungalow, Lavenham Way, Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2BZ
Received 21 Jun 2017Lackford Transfer Station Site, A1101, Lackford, Suffolk, IP28 6HN
Received 25 Apr 2014Glemsford Primary School, Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Received 2 Jun 2002Cavenham Quarry Marston's Pit Cavenham Heath Cavenham Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 4 Jun 2024Hadleigh Household Waste Recycling Centre, Crockatt Way, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 6RD
Received 25 Oct 2017Dell Primary School, Dell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 8 Jul 2008Sproughton Primary School, Church Lane, Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 30 May 2008Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage