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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Elm Tree Primary School (Relocation), Ranworth Avenue, Lowestoft
Received 25 Jan 2008Great Blakenham WTS, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 12 Jun 2007Wangford Landfill Site, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Nov 2002Lawn Farm Quarry Wetherden Stowmarket IP14 3JU
Received 29 Sept 2020A12 Major Road Network (MRN) Improvement Scheme (Seven Hills to Woods Lane)
Received 13 Oct 2022Wells Hall Primary School, Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 26 Jul 2006First Base Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich
Received 26 Nov 2002Land between Sharpe's Corner and Turner's Corner, Heath Road, Woolpit, Suffolk
Received 28 Dec 2006Riverwalk Special School, South Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JZ
Received 15 Mar 2004The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich, IP2 9ER
Received 23 Mar 2015Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk
Received 3 Aug 2007Glade School, Knappers Way, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0DA
Received 24 Apr 2013Barham Quarry, Sandy Lane, Barham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0PB
Received 25 Jul 2017Benjamin Britten High School, Blyford Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4PZ
Received 19 Apr 2013Bury St Edmunds Library, Sargents Walk, St Andrews Street North, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1TZ
Received 5 Jan 2011Castle Hill Middle School, School Lane, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 25 Jan 2008Beacon Hill Special School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Oct 2004Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, IP13 9EP
Received 12 Jun 2008St Mary's Primary School, Trinity Avenue, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 25 Oct 2010Hardwick Middle School, Mayfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 28 Apr 2003IES Breckland Crown Street Brandon IP27 0PE
Received 19 Oct 2022Crawfords Academy CEVC Primary School, Green Road, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QZ
Received 22 Jun 1999Mildenhall College Academy, Mildenhall Hub, Sheldrick Way, Mildenhall, IP28 7JX.
Received 9 Dec 2025Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 20 Aug 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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