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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 2 Feb 2007Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7QB
Received 17 Oct 2013Dell Primary School, Dell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 6 Jul 2005Oulton Broad Primary School Church Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 3JN
Received 6 Dec 2022Clare Park Centre, Clare Castle Country Park, Malting Lane, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8NW
Received 27 Jan 2014Rattlesden Primary School, School Road, Rattlesden, IP30 0SE
Received 15 Oct 2013Cherry Blossom Childrens Centre, Hadleigh Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 1 Nov 2010Bildeston Primary School, Newberry Road, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Sept 2008Westgate Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 15 Jun 1999Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 31 Jan 2011Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane
Received 13 Jun 2001Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 31 Aug 2011Gipping House Whittle Road Ipswich IP2 0HU
Received 1 Jul 2026Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Barton Mills, Newmarket, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 24 Oct 2011HOWARD CP SCHOOL, ST OLAVES ROAD, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, IP32 6RW
Received 8 Apr 2013Mobbs Way, Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3AL
Received 17 Nov 2010Pot Kiln Primary School, Butt Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 24 Oct 2005Sudbury Fire Station, Gregory Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1AZ
Received 2 Nov 2009Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 17 Dec 2002Thurlow Primary School, The Street, Little Thurlow, Suffolk
Received 29 Jan 2002Wardens House, Landguard Nature Reserve, View Point Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 3TW
Received 26 Jan 2011All Saints Academy Primary School, Framlingham Road, Laxfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 8HD
Received 26 Mar 2009Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk
Received 14 Feb 2012Pot Kiln Primary School Butt Road Great Cornard Sudbury CO10 0DS
Received 22 Jun 2021Records 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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