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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Chilton Primary School, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 24 Oct 2005Bramford Primary School, Duckamere, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4AH
Received 1 Feb 2012Felixstowe Fire Station, High Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9JA
Received 18 Oct 2011Ashley Downs Special School, Ashley Downs, Lowestoft
Received 11 Apr 2005Yoxford Primary School, High Street, Yoxford, Suffolk, IP17 3EU
Received 23 Jan 2017Rougham Primary School, Church Road, Rougham, Suffolk, IP30 3JJ
Received 31 Mar 2008YOUTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BD
Received 19 Oct 2010Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 15 Apr 2013Temple Bridge, Parishes of Icklingham & Tuddenham
Received 24 Jul 2006Cedars Park Primary School, Pintail Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5FP
Received 5 Dec 2005Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7QB
Received 10 Feb 2006Saxmundham Middle School, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 29 May 2006Bucklesham Quarry, Redhouse Farm, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 22 Dec 2008Wellington Children's Centre, Chevallier Street, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Feb 2009Yoxford Primary School, High Street
Received 16 Sept 2003Claydon Pre School, Thornhill Road, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 23 Apr 2010Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Jun 2004Rendlesham Community Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk., IP12 2GF
Received 20 Apr 2015Elizabeth House 10 Grange Road Beccles NR34 9NR
Received 20 Mar 2025Bentley CEVC Primary School Church Road Bentley Ipswich IP9 2BT
Received 26 Jan 2022Great Barton Primary School, School Road, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2RJ
Received 23 Apr 2008Dunwich Quarry, Blythburgh Road, Dunwich
Received 29 May 2018Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 6 Nov 2013Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, School Corner, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6PL
Received 10 Jun 2004Records 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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