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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Limes Primary School, Lime Avenue, Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3QG
Received 20 Oct 2016Hadleigh Quarry Aldham Mill Hill Hadleigh IP7 6DL
Received 17 Jun 2022Coupals Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 2 Dec 2016Masons Landfill, Great Blakenham, IP6 0JX
Received 20 Jul 2010Red Lodge Landfill Site, Elms Road
Received 12 Mar 2004Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 5 Jan 2018Whitehouse Junior School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 2 Feb 2011Albany Pupil Referral unit, Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SA
Received 30 Jun 2017The Bridge School Sprites Lane Belstead Ipswich IP8 3ND
Received 28 Jan 2019St. Felix C of E VC Middle School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7BE
Received 19 Feb 2014Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 23 May 2018East Bergholt High School, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6RJ
Received 16 Apr 2009Houldsworth Valley Primary School, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 12 Nov 2014Waldringfield Quarry Waldringfield Road Martlesham Heath Martlesham IP10 0BL
Received 23 Dec 2020Land off Station Road, Lakenheath, IP27 9JE
Received 8 Jan 2025Cavenham Quarry Marston's Pit Cavenham Road Tuddenham Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 30 Sept 2020Benjamin Britten High School, Blyford Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 9 Dec 2002Thurleston High School, Defoe Road, Ipswich
Received 19 Jun 2000Gisleham Middle School, Gisleham Road
Received 6 Jan 2001Holbrook High School, Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 Apr 2008Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 27 Jan 2006Brooklands, Hospital Road
Received 21 Jun 2004Felixstowe Opportunity Playgroup, Maidstone Road
Received 21 May 2012Grange Farm Avenue Footpath, Felixstowe
Received 19 May 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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