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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Springfield Infants School, 11, Wesley Way, Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4PP
Received 19 Jan 20122 Gipping Court, 2, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Jan 2004Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 6XH
Received 11 Feb 2013Kedington Primary School, Church Walk, Kedington, Suffolk, CB9 7QY
Received 22 Sept 2009Grange Primary School, Grange Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 14 Oct 2003St Felix MIddle School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7BE
Received 25 Oct 2010Mendlesham Primary School, Old Station Road, Mendlesham, Suffolk, IP14 5RT
Received 1 Sept 2014(Boxford Suffolk Farms) Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NY
Received 21 Feb 2014Chuckles Playgroup, Butt Road
Received 8 Feb 2002Colville House Resource Centre, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 13 Sept 2007Sir John Lehman High School, Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 8 Mar 2006First Base Bury St Edmunds, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 14 Mar 2012Thomas Wolsey Special School, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Jun 2004Murrayside Centre, Nacton Road, Ipswich
Received 25 Nov 2003Gunton Primary Academy, Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4LX
Received 1 Jul 2010Gunton Primary Academy, Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4LX
Received 8 Jun 2006Raf Mildenhall, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 14 Jul 1999St Botolph's Primary School, Back Hills, Botesdale, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 1DW
Received 14 Nov 2002New Harbour PRU, Saturn Close, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 14 Aug 2009Henham Quarry, Henham, Suffolk, NR34 8AN
Received 8 Oct 2015Children Resource Centre, 10, Grange Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9NR
Received 27 Jan 2012Saxmundham Fire Station, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1DZ
Received 27 May 2016COPDOCK & WASHBROOK PRE SCHOOL, PHEASANT RISE, Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3LF
Received 11 Jan 2010WOODHALL COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAYFLOWER WAY, SUDBURY, SUFFOLK, CO10 1ST
Received 23 Aug 2012Records 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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