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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Felix MIddle School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7BE
Received 16 Jul 2010Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 31 Aug 2011Deben High School, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 16 Jan 2008Cedarwood Primary School Wilkinson Drive Kesgrave IP5 2ES
Received 13 Mar 2024Gazeley Rail Depot, Higham, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7QT
Received 24 Jan 2013Nayland Primary School, Bear Street, Nayland
Received 25 Oct 2011Princes Street Fire Station Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1QJ
Received 8 Mar 2022South Lowestoft Relief Road, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Feb 2002LSinks Pit Main Road Kesgrave Ipswich IP5 2PE
Received 26 Jan 2016Dell Primary School, Dell Road
Received 24 Jun 2004Beck Row Primary School, The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE
Received 11 Apr 2011Haverhill Waste Transfer Station Homefield Road Haverhill CB9 8QP
Received 4 Sept 2026Sizewell B Relocated Facilities, Sizewell Power Station Road, Sizewell
Received 6 Jul 2020Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service, Parkway, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BA
Received 18 Oct 2011East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 10 Jul 2025Stour Valley Community School, Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8PJ
Received 13 Aug 2012Abbots Green Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 30 Jan 2015First Base Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich
Received 27 Mar 2006Charsfield Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 10 Jan 2004Haverhill Waste Transfer Station Homefield Road Haverhill Suffolk CB9 8QP
Received 30 Jun 2022Hadleigh Quarry Aldham Mill Hill Hadleigh IP7 6DL
Received 24 Aug 2023Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk
Received 19 Jun 2009St Edmundsbury Primary School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Jul 2008Clifford Road Primary School, Clifford Road, Ipswich, IP4 1PJ
Received 27 Mar 2026Records 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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