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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Margarets Primary School Bolton Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2BT
Received 31 Jan 2024Needham Market Fire Station, Barking Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8ET
Received 30 Nov 2000Colneis Junior School Colneis Road Felixstowe IP11 9HH
Received 26 Jul 2019Rougham Primary School, Church Road, Rougham, IP30 9JJ
Received 18 Apr 2013St Andrew House, Grimwade Street
Received 12 Jun 2001Buck Land Land to the north of Flixton Road Flixton Bungay NR35 1NZ
Received 15 May 2024Poplar Farm Bowmans Lane Hinton Blythburgh Suffolk IP17 3RJ.
Received 2 Nov 2023Springfield Farm, Ilketshall St Lawrence, NR34 8NQ
Received 14 Apr 2023Scaltback Middle School, Elizabeth Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0DJ
Received 16 Nov 2007WOODHALL COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAYFLOWER WAY, SUDBURY, SUFFOLK, CO10 1ST
Received 27 Jan 2012Birchwood Primary School, Valiant Road, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 May 2013Great Cornard Sewage Treatment Works, Bures Road
Received 12 Feb 2003Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station
Received 31 Oct 2023Heathside School, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5SN
Received 17 Mar 2003Eyke Primary School, The Street, Eyke, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2QW
Received 6 Nov 2013St Louis Primary School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA
Received 12 Oct 2011Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU.
Received 3 Dec 2021Grain Store Building, Boydland Farm, Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9
Received 6 Aug 2007Barnham CEVC Primary School, Mill Lane, Barnham, Thetford, IP24 2NG.
Received 30 Jun 2026Newmarket Fire Station, Willie Snaith Road, Newmarket, Suffolk
Received 8 Dec 2003Colville House Youth Club, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9NB
Received 8 Jan 2009Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 23 Aug 1999Elmsett Primary School, The Street, Elmsett, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 6PA
Received 19 Feb 20092 Cedar Drive, Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 9HA
Received 6 Sept 2023Records 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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