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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Joseph'S Primary School, Beaconsfield Road
Received 6 Jun 2000Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 29 Mar 2005Bridleway between Forest Road and Chilton Way, Onehouse, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 14 Dec 2012Thurston High School, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Jan 2009Sir Robert Hitchams Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 9EP
Received 24 Jul 2014Park Farm Quarry Ingham, Thetford Road, Ingham
Received 24 Mar 2004St Peters Court Flats, Factory Street
Received 18 Mar 2005Land at Needham Road, New Fire and Police Station Stowmarket IP14 2QU
Received 30 Jul 2020Uplands Community Centre, Ashburnham Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 6 Nov 2008St Benedicts Catholic School Beetons Way Bury St Edmunds IP32 6RH
Received 18 Dec 2019Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 16 May 2014Worlington Quarry Bay Farm, Worlington, Suffolk, IP28 6BS
Received 7 Jun 2017Lowestoft Sixth Form College, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NB
Received 28 Nov 2011Portman Walk Household Waste Recycling Centre, Portman Walk, Ipswich, IP1 2DW
Received 24 Nov 2000Causeway Pit, Undley Road, Lakenheath, Suffolk
Received 13 Jan 2017Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 13 Nov 2002Lowestoft Road to Brick Kiln Avenue, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 21 Apr 2008Sinks Pit Main Road Kesgrave Ipswich IP5 2PE
Received 2 Jul 2000Wilby Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2001Houldsworth Valley Primary School, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 8 Feb 2016Albert Pye Community Primary School, Fredericks Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL
Received 27 Jul 2010Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 6 Oct 2010KESSINGLAND VC PRIMARY SCHOOL, FIELD LANE, KESSINGLAND, NR33 7QA
Received 14 Sept 2010Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP28 6HJ
Received 16 Dec 2009Records 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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