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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Grange Farm, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Jun 2000Horringer Court Middle School Glastonbury Road Bury St Edmunds IP33 2EX
Received 10 Aug 2026Gazeley Rail Depot, Higham, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7QT
Received 29 Jun 2009Warren Road, Red Lodge, Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2011Brome Highways Depot, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 13 Oct 2003Wangford Landfill Site-, Hill Road, Wangford, NR34 8AR
Received 7 Jun 2016Cliff Quay Water Recycling Centre Raeburn Road South Ipswich IP3 0ET
Received 4 Oct 2020Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 6 Jan 2011Sprites Primary School, Stonechat Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 30 Jan 2004Tattingstone Primary School, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Jun 2007Norton Primary School, School Close, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 12 Nov 2014Helmingham Primary School, School Road, Helmingham, IP14 6EX
Received 16 Jul 2013Lea Farm, Haugh Lane, Great Ashfield, IP31 3HL
Received 3 Mar 2009Thurston Community College Norton Road Thurston Suffolk IP31 3PB
Received 17 Nov 2022Cliff Lane Primary School, Cliff Lane
Received 5 Dec 2003Barley Brigg AD Plant Barley Brigg Farm Laxfield Road Stradbroke IP21 5NQ
Received 27 Jul 2020Westleton Sewage Treatment Works, Reckford Road, Westleton, Suffolk, IP17 3NX
Received 12 Mar 2012Whitehouse Junior School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 16 Jun 2008Cavendish Primary School, The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8BA
Received 29 Oct 2009Dennington Primary School, Laxfield Road, Dennington, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 8AE
Received 14 Dec 1999Brandon Chalk Quarry, Brandon Road
Received 31 Oct 2002Land adjacent to Moorland Stud, Icknield Way, Gazeley, CB8 7QT
Received 20 May 2022Chelmondiston HWRC, Shotley Road, Suffolk, IP9 1EF
Received 22 Sept 2010Castle Hill Community Centre, Highfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6DG
Received 31 May 2000Records 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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