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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Former Uplands Community Middle School, York Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NF
Received 19 Oct 2015Land adjacent to Sinks Pit Hall Road Kesgrave Ipswich IP5 2PE
Received 19 Feb 2019Horringer Court Middle School, Glastonbury Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2EX.
Received 27 May 2026Bedfield Primary School, Bedfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7EA
Received 9 Apr 2008The Glade Primary School, Knappers Way, Brandon
Received 10 Jan 2018Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 6 Sept 2017Worlington Quarry Bay Farm, Worlington, Suffolk, IP28 6BS
Received 22 Dec 2016Coupals Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 8 Dec 2009Gunton Primary Academy, Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4LX
Received 3 Aug 2009Breckland Middle School, Crown Street
Received 2 Nov 2002The Bridge School, Sprites Lane, Belstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3ND
Received 19 Jun 2014Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Rose Hill Community Primary School, Derby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8DL
Received 8 May 2009Visitors Centre, Brandon Park, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0SU
Received 12 Nov 2009Great Whelnetham Primary School, Stanningfield Road, Great Whelnetham, Suffolk, IP30 0UA
Received 11 May 2015Ipswich Hospital Waste Incinerator, Woodbridge Road East, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PG
Received 19 May 2006East Anglia One North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 8 Apr 2024Land at Grove Farm, Creeting Road, Creeting St Peter, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Feb 2006Sexton's Manor Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3HG
Received 4 Aug 2016R & D Construction Depot, Summer Road, Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk, IP31 3AJ
Received 7 Jul 2010Highfield Nursery School Chesterfield Drive Ipswich IP1 6DW
Received 25 Feb 2019Dell Primary School, Dell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 10 Aug 2006Land at Orwell Quay, Orwell Quay, Ipswich, IP3 0FS
Received 23 Nov 2016Handford Hall Primary School, Gatacre Road, Ipswich
Received 4 Jun 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.
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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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