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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Elmswell Primary School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 20 Jun 20027 Whittle Road, Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0UH
Received 20 May 2024Land north of Highfield (New Primary School) Norton Road Thurston IP31 3QH
Received 3 Sept 2019Bury Resource Centre, Hollow Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AY
Received 25 Oct 2015Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 14 Jun 2016Beacon Hill Special School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 7 Mar 2000Tuddenham STW, Cavenham Road, Tuddenham, Suffolk, IP28 6SE
Received 25 Jul 2018Blood Hill Quarry, Somersham Road, Bramford, Ipswich, IP8 4NN.
Received 10 Jun 2025Exning Cycleway, Chapel Street
Received 28 Jan 2003Bures Recreation Ground, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 13 Jan 2000Grange Primary School, Grange Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 16 Jan 2007East Bergholt Primary School, School Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 17 Aug 1999St Matthews Primary School, Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2AX
Received 13 Dec 2013Claydon Academy Primary School, Lancaster Way, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0DX
Received 9 Jan 2007Ballingdon Bridge, Ballingdon Street
Received 10 Aug 1999Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 15 Jul 2003Combs Ford Primary School, Glemsford Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2PN
Received 31 Oct 2011Roman Hill Primary School, Avondale Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NX
Received 5 Feb 2015Northfield St Nicholas Primary School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 10 Jan 2006Meadow View Farm, Waste Transfer Site, Earl Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5DZ
Received 17 Nov 2008Chantry Academy, Mallard Way, Ipswich, IP2 9LR.
Received 20 Dec 2021Foxhall Landfill Site Foxhall Road Brightwell Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2019Laureate Community Academy Exning Road Newmarket CB8 0AN
Received 29 Jan 2019Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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