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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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A & S Topsoils Land off Wildmere Lane, Holywell Row, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8LT
Received 7 Jul 2010Wilby Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Jun 2002Brandon Country Park, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 1 Dec 2008Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 24 Mar 2025Tudor Primary School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 13 Jan 2004Bawdsey Primary School, School Lane, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 16 Dec 2005Dell CP School, Dell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9NU
Received 22 Jun 2010St Edmunds Catholic Primary School Westgate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QG
Received 23 Dec 2020Mellis Primary School, Yaxley Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8DY
Received 7 Mar 2006Saxmundham Middle School, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 4 May 2012Wortham Academy Primary School, Wortham, Suffolk, IP22 1PX
Received 22 Nov 2012Ixworth Middle School, Walsham Road, Ixworth, IP31 2HS
Received 9 Mar 2011Lowestoft Sixth Form College, St Peters Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NB
Received 4 Oct 2011Land at Orwell Quay, Orwell Quay, Ipswich, IP3 0FS
Received 19 Jan 2018Alderwood Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 22 Jun 2015Chelmondiston Primary School, Woodlands, Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 11 Mar 2005Mobbs Way, Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3AL
Received 2 Nov 2011Bucklesham Primary School, Main Road, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Jan 2012Stowmarket Household Waste Recycling Centre, Old Bury Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1JQ
Received 1 Sept 2016Westgate Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 10 Oct 2014Rattlesden Cp School, School Road, Rattlesden, IP30 0SE
Received 4 Mar 2013Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Moreton Hall Secondary School, Land adjacent to Lady Miriam Way, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 25 Jan 2016Land off The Street Little Bealings Suffolk IP13 6LN
Received 18 Sept 2024Records 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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