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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 5 Jun 2020Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, IP4 5HD
Received 8 Dec 2020Roman Hill Primary School, Avondale Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NX
Received 29 May 2014Alexandria House (Bury Childrens Home), 67a, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JY
Received 23 Dec 2008Wangford Landfill Site, Mardle Road, Wangford, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 29 Nov 2001Stutton Seals Playgroup/Stutton Primary School, Holbrook Road, Stutton, Ipswich, IP9 2RY
Received 22 Apr 2015Meadow View Farm, Earl Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 9 Jan 2007Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 11 Sept 1999Burton End CP School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 9DE
Received 6 Aug 2009Howard Primary School (Carousel childrens Centre), St Olave's Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Jan 2009Stowmarket High School, Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1QR.
Received 27 Nov 2025St Margaret's Primary School, Bolton Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2BT
Received 30 Aug 2015Sproughton Primary School, Church Lane, Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 3 Oct 2003Lehmann House, Chapel Lane
Received 3 Nov 2002Thirlmere Walk, Thirlmere Walk
Received 7 Feb 2002Stour Valley Free School, Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8PJ
Received 25 Mar 2011Lowestoft Sixth Form College, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NB
Received 3 Nov 2009Palgrave Primary School, The Green, Palgrave, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 1AG
Received 16 Jan 2015Sir Robert Hitcham Primary School, Derry Brook Lane, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6PX
Received 18 Jul 2016Mendham Primary School, Mendham, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 0NJ
Received 14 Sept 2004Samuel Ward Upper School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 26 Apr 2002Chilton Primary School, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1NN
Received 3 Dec 2008Woolpit primary school, Heath Road, Woolpit, Suffolk, IP30 9RU
Received 4 Jun 2009Neptune Watersports Centre, Woolverstone Marina, Woolverstone
Received 29 Oct 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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